543 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The 4-story, 8-unit residential building at 543 Bergen Street in Prospect Heights, built in 1904, has experienced several noteworthy maintenance and compliance issues over recent years. The most recent concern involves unresolved garbage/recycling storage issues reported in February 2025, which resulted in HPD violations. Between 2020 and 2023, the building underwent significant work under permit #340753296, during which multiple violations were recorded, including failure to maintain adequate housekeeping, non-compliance with tenant protection plans, and issues with fire stopping materials.

These violations resulted in penalties totaling $20,000, though records indicate they were resolved. The building has faced recurring heat and hot water issues, with complaints in 2020 and 2021 requiring emergency intervention, and violations related to high hot water temperatures in 2022 (Apartment 2). Multiple safety and code compliance issues were documented in 2021, including problems with emergency exits, door closures, and security features.

The building has maintained a clean record concerning bed bugs (no infestations reported since 2020) and has passed recent rodent inspections (most recent in 2018), with only one instance of rat activity noted in 2012. The property owner has faced multiple violations for failing to file required external low-pressure inspections between 2020 and 2023, though these were subsequently dismissed. There were also several complaints regarding unauthorized work and tenant safety inspections in 2020-2021, with varying outcomes including some resulting in Oath Violations. A significant number of Department of Buildings complaints were filed between 2020 and 2021 concerning various safety and compliance issues, though most were ultimately determined to have no violations warranted at the time of inspection.