471 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The four-story, seven-unit tenement building at 471 17th Street in Windsor Terrace, owned by Elise Dejong, has a documented history dating back to its 1931 construction as a New Law tenement. The most significant recent incident occurred in October 2021, when the entire building experienced a heat and hot water outage, though these services were reportedly restored within five days of the complaint.

Following this incident, the building received two housing maintenance code violations in October 2021 related to improper postings in the first-story public hall regarding smoke detector requirements and the availability of the agency's housing information guide; these violations were certified as closed in January 2022. Additionally, in April 2021, there was a violation concerning the failure to file the annual bedbug report, though this appears to have been promptly addressed. The building has demonstrated effective pest management practices in recent years, with no reported bedbug incidents in the annual reports from 2021 through 2024, showing consistent compliance with reporting requirements.

The most recent bedbug report (December 2024) confirmed zero infested or eradicated units for the 2023-2024 period. Prior to the 2021 heat/hot water outage, the building passed an initial rodent inspection in June 2018, with no subsequent rodent-related issues reported. The property has maintained a relatively stable record since the 2021 violations, with no major building-wide issues reported in the past two years, and the owner has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since the initial violation.