7 Somers Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

7 Somers Street is a 3-unit, 3-story Old Law Tenement building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant and owned by Damon Sheppard. The building, constructed in 1899, has experienced recurring plumbing issues, with the most recent complaints regarding water supply problems emerging in February 2024. These complaints resulted in emergency Housing Maintenance Code complaints, though no violations were ultimately issued following an HPD inspection in April 2024.

The building has maintained a consistent record of addressing administrative requirements, though several violations were noted in April 2024, including missing annual bedbug report filings, incomplete heating system key notice postings, and various other administrative discrepancies. However, it's worth noting that the building has maintained a clean record regarding actual bedbug infestations, with all recent annual reports (through 2025) showing zero infested units, and a successful rodent inspection in June 2020 marked as passed. Historically, the building has shown attention to regulatory compliance, with multiple violations being promptly addressed and certified as corrected, though minor administrative oversights have been recurrent.

These include various missing notices and forms that are required to be posted in common areas, such as carbon monoxide detector requirements, smoke detector requirements, and gas leak procedures, as well as the need to maintain a proper certificate of inspection visits frame near the mailboxes. The property has demonstrated a pattern of resolving building-wide issues promptly, as evidenced by the recent duplicates and coordinated responses to the 2024 water supply complaints. While the building has had some plumbing challenges, these appear to be systematically addressed when reported, and the lack of recent bedbug or significant pest issues suggests effective management in other maintenance areas.