186 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

186 Buffalo Avenue is a two-family residential building located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, constructed in 1945 and currently owned by Linda Gulston. The property has experienced several significant maintenance and health issues over the past few years, with the most concerning pattern being recurring rodent activity.

Most recently, inspections in January 2023 and December 2022 both documented rat activity, following a rodent sighting complaint in December 2022 that resulted in violations, and a 2022 pest-related complaint that HPD could not inspect but was marked as closed. The building has also faced heating system challenges, with a January 2022 emergency complaint about no heat or hot water affecting the entire building, though inspectors noted that heat and hot water had been restored by the time of their visit. The property has undergone multiple rodent inspections between 2010 and 2023, with a troubling pattern of failures to meet compliance in 2010 and 2012, though two inspections in 2010 and 2012 passed.

Other health-related incidents include a food poisoning complaint in January 2023 that was referred to the New York State Agriculture and Markets, and the presence of pests noted in both 2022-2023 complaints. Notably, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the building between November 2020 and October 2021, with zero infested units recorded during that period. The building's maintenance history reveals ongoing challenges with both rodent control and heating system reliability, which have required multiple interventions from city agencies over the years.