191 Howard Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The three-story, two-unit building at 191 Howard Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Adrian Cox, has had several notable maintenance and safety events since 2023. Most recently, in January 2023, there was a heat and hot water emergency affecting the entire building, though no violations were found following an HPD inspection.

The most significant cluster of violations occurred in May 2024, when inspections revealed multiple safety and maintenance issues requiring attention. These included the need for proper carbon monoxide detectors in apartment 2R, various safety signage requirements in the first-story public hall (including gas leak procedures and smoke detector requirements), and repairs needed for the vestibule door knob. The second-floor apartment 2R specifically required plumbing repairs to the flushing apparatus and was found lacking carbon monoxide detection devices.

The building has demonstrated good pest control management, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past three reporting periods (2023-2024), and all three inspections during this period showed zero infested units. Rodent inspections have consistently passed, with the most recent inspection in June 2025 maintaining this trend, suggesting effective maintenance of common areas. While the building experienced a significant number of violations in 2024, it's worth noting that many of these were related to safety sign requirements and documentation rather than structural or systems failures, and most violations have been marked as closed following appropriate certifications in 2024 and 2025.