155 Howard Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The three-story, four-unit tenement building at 155 Howard Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Tuen Chan and constructed in 1925, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most pressing concerns occurring in 2022. The building faced multiple heating and hot water system failures in late 2022, with complaints filed and investigated in both February (emergency) and October (emergency) with mixed access issues during inspections.

Additional documented problems during 2022 included plumbing issues with a sink basin in July, and two separate complaints in February regarding unsanitary conditions related to mold and water leaks, with inspection access problems documented in these cases as well. The building received a B-class violation in October 2022 regarding an illegal fire egress gate fastening in the south yard that required correction, and an A-class violation in April 2021 related to bedbug reporting requirements.

While the building's recent bedbug reporting from 2021 to 2024 shows no documented infestations or eradication efforts (showing zero infested units each year), there have been sporadic rodent issues, with the most recent inspection in June 2025 indicating rat activity, following a passed inspection in June 2024, while previous inspections from 2022-2024 had mixed results with both rat activity and passed inspections noted. The property has consistently filed timely bedbug reports since 2020, with no reported infestations in the most recent filings, and despite the various maintenance challenges, many of the complaints were either closed due to lack of access for inspection or did not result in violations being cited. The building has a documented history of passing rodent inspections in multiple previous years (2014-2022), though the most recent inspections indicate an ongoing concern.