514 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
The 4-unit, 3-story tenement building at 514 3rd Avenue in Gowanus, owned by Edward Defreitas, has a concerning pattern of unresolved regulatory noncompliance over recent years.
Most notably, there have been four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2021 and 2024 related to the annual bedbug reporting requirement, with the most recent violation recorded in April 2024, indicating ongoing administrative oversight in this area. Additionally, the building has two active violations with the Department of Buildings that warrant attention: a June 2023 violation for failure to file the 2020 external low-pressure inspection report, and a November 2019 violation for not submitting the 2017 boiler inspection report.
These equipment-related violations, while not directly related to resident comfort like the bedbug reporting issues, suggest potential oversight in building maintenance protocols. The structure, built in 1931, is classified as an Old Law Tenement, and the accumulation of these open violations suggests a pattern of regulatory noncompliance that has persisted over multiple years and different inspection categories.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 4 |
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Year built | 1931 |
Total area | 2700 sq ft |
Floors | 3 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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