195 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The four-story, eight-unit tenement building at 195 5th Avenue in Park Slope, built in 1931 and currently owned by 195-5th Ave Realty Corp, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past several years, with a particularly notable cluster of complaints in March 2020 when multiple tenants reported outages affecting the entire building. Similar heating and hot water complaints were recorded in early 2021 and most recently in February 2024, though in the latter case, HPD was informed that services had been restored.

The building has maintained a regular bedbug reporting schedule from 2019 through 2025, consistently showing zero infested or re-infested units, with the most recent report (June 2025) indicating no infestations during the 2023-2024 period. Recent inspections have revealed several outstanding violations from March 2020 related to safety and maintenance, including issues with garbage accumulation in the first-story public hall, the need for proper smoke detector notices, carbon monoxide detector requirements, and the maintenance of heating system information notices.

While earlier violations related to bedbug reporting requirements were noted in 2021-2023, these appear to have been resolved. The building passed rodent inspections in 2018 and 2020, and a 2024 Department of Buildings complaint regarding work without a permit was investigated but resulted in no violations. A food poisoning complaint was briefly recorded in mid-2024, though it was determined to be an isolated incident with no significant building-wide implications.