1280 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The two-family house at 1280 Herkimer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Roger Lang, was built in 1901 and has experienced several notable maintenance issues over the past five years. Most concerning were multiple electrical problems between 2021 and 2022, including three documented power outages and two instances of no lighting, though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) found no violations in these cases.

There were also two separate incidents of heat and hot water problems in February 2021, with one case resulting in a Housing Maintenance Code violation for excessively hot water (over 130 degrees) issued for Apartment 2, along with an open violation for a missing carbon monoxide detector in that same apartment. The building's recent history shows a pattern of utility-related issues, particularly during early 2021 when multiple emergency complaints were filed regarding both electrical and heating systems, though most of these problems were resolved quickly.

Prior to these incidents, there was a complaint in late 2019 regarding illegal hotel rooms in residential buildings, though inspectors were unable to gain access during their investigation. The property has maintained a generally clean record since the rodent inspection in 2014, which resulted in a passing grade, and the most recent documented complaint from 2022 regarding electrical issues was also closed with no violations found.