164 Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

The four-story, 12-unit tenement building at 164 Albany Avenue in Crown Heights, owned by Jorge Jorge, has a documented history spanning several years that reveals both maintenance compliance issues and successful remediation efforts. Most notably, the building has received multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2021 and 2023 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these violations have since been resolved.

The property is currently facing active Department of Buildings (DOB) violations from 2023-2024 related to the failure to file external low-pressure inspections for three consecutive years (2021-2023), which represents a safety compliance concern. However, despite these recent violations, the building's bedbug situation appears to be stable, with the most recent report filed in February 2024 showing no infested units, no units requiring eradication, and no re-infestations during the reporting period of November 2022 to October 2023. Historical records show that the building underwent various permitted work between 2018-2020, including plumbing and environmental work, for which permits were properly issued and processed.

Earlier inspections for rodent presence in 2016 and 2018 were passed, indicating good pest control practices at that time. While the building has experienced recurring issues with regulatory compliance regarding inspection filings, particularly in the past two years, the management has generally been responsive to violations when they occur, as evidenced by the resolution of the bedbug reporting violations and the issuance of multiple permits for maintenance work. The most recent activity related to work permits corresponds to March 2020, suggesting either that no further permitted work has been needed since then, or that subsequent work did not require permits under NYC regulations.