825 40th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232

The two-story, four-unit New Law tenement at 825 40th Street in Borough Park, owned by Evelyn Gonzalez, has had its share of maintenance challenges since its construction in 1931. The most significant recent issue occurred in November 2021, when the entire building experienced heat and hot water problems, though these were promptly addressed and closed within two days through intervention by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

Earlier that year, in April 2021, the building received a violation for failing to file the required annual bedbug report, a citation that was repeated in February 2022. While these violations were technically marked as "Closed," it's worth noting that bedbug reporting compliance is an ongoing requirement.

However, it's encouraging to see that since 2022, the building has maintained a clean record in terms of pest infestation, with the most recent bedbug report from January 2025 indicating zero infested dwelling units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units for the 2023-2024 reporting period. This pattern of consistent bedbug reporting compliance and absence of current infestations suggests effective management of this particular issue in recent years. The building's overall maintenance history shows a mix of prompt responses to urgent complaints and occasional lapses in regulatory compliance, typical of many older tenements in New York City.