56 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

56 7th Avenue is an 8-unit, 3-story residential building in Park Slope, constructed in 1875 and currently owned by David Surgan. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years, with the most notable recent incident being an electrical lighting problem reported in September 2022.

This issue, classified as an emergency, was investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though no violations were ultimately issued. The property has shown consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements over the past three years (2021-2024), with all annual reports indicating zero infested units or related issues.

Of particular concern is the building's documented history of rodent activity, with inspections revealing rat presence in 2019, a failed initial inspection in September 2020, and subsequent compliance inspections passing with no confirmed activity. The building experienced two Housing Maintenance Code violations in 2021 and 2022 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these violations appear to have been resolved. Looking more broadly at the building's maintenance history, these clustered violations and service requests suggest periodic attention to both pest control and electrical infrastructure, though the property's current bedbug reporting and rodent inspection compliance indicates improved management practices in recent years.