491 Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The three-story, five-unit tenement at 491 Chauncey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Claudette Henry, has experienced recurring maintenance issues, particularly with its heating and hot water systems. Most notably, throughout 2024 and into 2025, there were multiple emergency complaints regarding lack of heat and hot water, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building.

The most recent reports in June 2025 indicated building-wide heating problems as an emergency situation. Additionally, there are ongoing violations related to building maintenance, including a security access issue to the heating system identified in August 2024, and a variety of open violations from May 2024 affecting second-floor Apartment 2B, including problems with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, rodent and pest infestations (mice and roaches), window and door repairs, and inadequate lighting.

The building's history shows consistent monitoring without recorded bedbug infestations in the past five years, with the last rodent inspections in 2018 passing successfully, though a 2025 complaint regarding unsanitary conditions and pests suggests renewed issues. The building's documented complaints, primarily between 2019 and 2025, indicate persistent issues with basic services and unit conditions, particularly regarding safety systems and essential utilities, with many complaints requiring multiple reporting attempts before proper inspection could be conducted.