1393 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The three-story, two-family house at 1393 Herkimer Street in Cypress Hills, built in 1899 and currently owned by Joe Agheliana, has experienced multiple notable incidents between August 2023 and March 2024. Most concerning are three separate complaints filed in November 2023 regarding construction activities: two complaints about work allegedly being completed contrary to approved plans and permits, and one about construction-related safety concerns involving damaged or inadequate guard rails.

While a December 2023 complaint about unsafe/illegal demolition was investigated and found to have no violations, all of these construction-related complaints share a common pattern of inspection access issues, with inspectors unable to gain entry on multiple attempts, which raises concerns about compliance with building regulations and cooperation with regulatory oversight. Additionally, there was a work without permit complaint filed in August 2023 that followed the same pattern of access denial during inspection attempts.

All the complaints from this period, despite the serious nature of the allegations, were ultimately closed with various dispositions, mainly due to inspection access issues rather than definitive resolutions of the complaints' merits. The building's regulatory history suggests potential challenges with access to the property for official inspections, though no violations were substantiated at the time of inspection for most complaints, with the exception of the construction-related allegations which remained unresolved due to access issues. The most recent documented activity in this period was in March 2024 when two former complaints about unauthorized construction work were still showing as "Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Final Attempt," representing a notable pattern of access-related compliance challenges.