73 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

The property at 73 Troy Avenue in Crown Heights is a 3-story, 1920-old law tenement building currently owned by Mohamed Esa. The building and its systems have experienced several concerning issues in recent years, particularly regarding heat and hot water.

In early 2023, there were two separate complaints about heating issues—one affecting the entire building and another specific to individual apartments—with the building-wide complaint resulting in a failed inspection attempt when HPD couldn't gain access to the apartments. More significantly, the building has accumulated multiple open violations related to bedbug reporting requirements between 2021 and 2024, with the most recent violation issued in April 2024 requiring the owner to file the annual bedbug report as mandated by HPD. The Department of Buildings recorded several serious violations in 2020 related to construction work under alteration jobs.

These included an active violation for failure to provide approved construction documents at the worksite, with an associated penalty of $3,125, and another violation for failing to safeguard persons and property during construction, involving unsafe stair conditions that resulted in a $10,000 penalty. Additionally, there is a pending violation concerning the failure to certify corrections of an immediately hazardous Class 1 ECB violation from September 2020. While some service requests and violations have been resolved, the presence of multiple open violations as of the current date is notable, particularly regarding basic building systems and pest control compliance.