1079 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

1079 Lafayette Avenue is a four-story, 22-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, built in 1952 and currently owned by Sharyar Azizzadeh. The property has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over the past few years, with particular attention needed on water-related problems. Most recently, in mid-2024, there were two significant water leak complaints—one characterized as heavy flow—though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) found no violations.

Additionally, between 2023 and 2024, there were issues with both slow water leaks and wall conditions requiring paint/plaster work, with no violations being issued upon inspection. The building also faced a heat and hot water emergency complaint in March 2023, which was reported as resolved, and had one rodent sighting reported to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in late 2018. The Department of Buildings (DOB) records show multiple construction-related complaints between 2021 and 2024, including several Construction Safety Compliance (CSC) actions and issues related to sidewalk sheds and drainage.

Notably, there was a failure to retain water/prepare proper drainage complaint in mid-2024, which was referred to the Department of Environmental Protection. Between 2019 and 2022, the building was subject to numerous violations related to failure to certify corrections on immediately hazardous (Class 1) violations, though all these violations were eventually dismissed. On a positive note, the building has maintained an excellent record regarding bedbugs, with no reported infestations in the past three years (2022-2025), as evidenced by the most recent three annual bedbug reports showing zero infested units.