537 40th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232

The three-unit, three-story tenement building at 537 40th Street in Sunset Park, owned by Steven Lucchese, has a mixed record spanning several years. Built in 1920, this New Law Tenement is subject to specific housing maintenance requirements.

The property had recurring issues in the early 2020s regarding bedbug report compliance, with violations noted in 2021, 2022, and 2023 for failing to file annual bedbug reports as required under the Housing Maintenance Code. However, since these violations were recorded, the building has demonstrated consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2022 through 2025, showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units in the past three reporting periods. The building's most significant current issue is an open violation from 2019 regarding inadequate lighting at the front entranceway, which remains unresolved as of the latest data.

This violation concerns the requirement for a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light to be burning from sunset to sunrise at the building's front area. On a positive note, a rodent inspection conducted in March 2017 resulted in a passing score, indicating no significant rodent issues at that time. The building's maintenance record shows improvement in bedbug reporting compliance, but attention should be paid to the ongoing entrance lighting violation and any potential safety implications it may pose.