537 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The three-story, two-unit building at 537 5th Avenue in South Slope, owned by Nelson Abreu, has been in existence since 1925 and is classified as an Old Law Tenement.

The property has incurred four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations from 2021 to 2024, all related to the failure to file the required annual bedbug reports with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). These open violations, documented in April 2024, March 2023, February 2022, and April 2021, indicate an ongoing compliance issue with the bedbug reporting requirement under HMC §FILE.

While these violations pertain specifically to documentation requirements rather than direct health or safety concerns, the pattern of non-compliance over multiple years suggests a potential disregard for mandatory housing regulations. Notably, there are no recorded incidents of other violations, complaints, or significant building issues in the available data, and the bedbug reporting violations do not necessarily indicate an active infestation, though they do reflect on the building's management practices.