5 Somers Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The three-story, two-family house at 5 Somers Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Marianne Cocco, has experienced several notable incidents since 2019, with the most pressing concerns revolving around health and safety inspections. The property currently has multiple open violations related to failure to file mandatory high-pressure inspection documents for both internal and external systems ranging from 2018 through 2024, which represents the most significant compliance issue on record.

Recent health-related incidents include a food poisoning complaint in July 2023 that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene classified as an isolated incident, and a rodent-related complaint in September 2022 that was part of multiple reports in that period. While the building passed rodent inspections in 2022 and had no bedbug infestations reported in the most recent filing period (2023-2024), there were periods of rat activity noted in 2020.

Earlier concerns about the building's condition included emergency and non-emergency complaints regarding stairs in September 2019, though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development found no violations. The Department of Buildings' records show two complaints from 2019 and 2020 regarding occupancy and permit issues, both of which were closed without violations being found, though there was an attempted inspection in 2021 that couldn't be completed due to access issues. While the property owner has responded to various complaints, as evidenced by multiple inspections and administrative closures, the numerous open violations regarding high-pressure inspection filings represent a pattern of non-compliance that has persisted for several years, with the most recent violations issued just weeks before the current date.