1108 Herkimer Street

The three-story, two-family house at 1108 Herkimer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Alexander Kushner, experienced notable heating system challenges in early 2022. During January of that year, the building faced multiple emergency heat and hot water complaints filed with both the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Housing Maintenance Code, all concerning the entire building's heating issues. While HPD received three separate complaints between January 6-12, 2022, and promptly closed them between January 9-19, 2022, they were unable to gain access to inspect the reported conditions. All these complaints were classified as emergencies but remained unresolved in terms of inspection verification, with the notice advising tenants to file new complaints if the issues persisted.

Separately, in May 2022, there was a streetsweeping complaint (complaint number 3854911) recorded with the Department of Buildings for the street address, though this was likely a procedural matter without direct impact on the building's residential conditions. The inspection conducted on May 20, 2022, found no violations warranting action. Since the initial heating system complaints, there are no further recorded complaints in the available data through October 2023, suggesting either resolution of the heating issues or potential underreporting of subsequent problems. Given the age of the building (constructed in 1910) and the nature of the heating system issues experienced, this pattern of complaints could indicate potential maintenance challenges within the building's infrastructure, though no recent data is available to confirm current conditions.