162 Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

At 162 Albany Avenue in Crown Heights, this 4-story, 16-unit New Law Tenement building has experienced recurring issues with basic services over the past six years. The most recent incident, in June 2024, involved a temporary heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building, though these services were reportedly restored quickly. Similar heat and hot water complaints were recorded in both 2019 and 2023, with HPD inspections showing no violations in those cases.

An electrical power outage was documented in March 2023, which was also investigated by HPD without resulting in violations. The building has an active violation from June 2023 regarding failure to file its 2020 External Low-Pressure Inspection, with additional similar violations from June 2023 that remain open as of this report date. The property has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with no reported infestations in the past four filing periods (2022-2025).

However, there were earlier violations in 2019 and 2021 related to the filing of annual bedbug reports, and in late 2018, the building experienced rodent issues, with multiple bait applications documented between September and November 2018. A vestibule door repair violation from 2019, classified as a Class B violation, was resolved by October 2019. While the building has had various maintenance issues requiring attention, most have been resolved promptly, though the persistence of heat and water service disruptions suggests ongoing infrastructure challenges.