248 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

248 5th Avenue is a 4-story, 7-unit old law tenement building located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, owned by Nicholas Kotsonis and constructed in 1920. The building has experienced several maintenance and health-related issues over the past few years, with the most recent significant concern being a December 2023 ECB violation regarding facade maintenance, where missing bricks and wall cracking were documented, resulting in a $625 penalty.

The building's health inspection record shows some food safety concerns, with a food poisoning complaint in January 2023 and a rodent/insect/garbage issue in April 2021, though both were ultimately addressed or determined to be isolated incidents. A noteworthy pattern emerged in 2021-2023 with three consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, though these violations were subsequently closed. The building underwent annual bedbug inspections from 2021 to 2025, with all filings indicating zero infested or eradicated units, suggesting effective pest control measures.

While there was a history of rodent issues in 2017-2018 with several bait applications and some initial inspections showing rat activity, a passed inspection in August 2021 indicated successful remediation of this problem. More recently, the building has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance, with the most recent report (June 2025) showing no infestation problems for the previous reporting period of November 2023 to October 2024. The Dept of Buildings records show one closed enforcement complaint in 2023 and an earlier complaint about excessive debris in 2018, though no violations were warranted in that case.