157 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

157 Stuyvesant Avenue is a 4-story, 8-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Townhouse Rental II, LLC. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues over recent years, with the most significant problems centering around water leaks and unsanitary conditions. Between 2022 and 2023, there were multiple emergency complaints regarding heavy water leaks, including a notable incident in March 2023, as well as ongoing issues with mold and door/window problems.

A heat/hot water violation was also recorded in January 2022, affecting at least one apartment. More recent concerns include two active Environmental Control Board violations from November 2024 related to an illegal curb cut/parking pad installation, with penalties imposed of $6,750. The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of both urgent and non-urgent conditions being reported, with some instances where inspectors were unable to gain access.

While no bedbug infestations have been reported in the past four filing periods (2020-2024), and recent rodent inspections passed with mostly no rat activity noted, the building has nevertheless faced various code violations. These include multiple failures to file annual bedbug reports and an infraction regarding the posting of required safety notices in common areas. The property management has received citations for not maintaining proper hot water temperatures, though this and other violations from 2022-2023 have since been resolved. Between 2020-2022, multiple building permits were issued for work under job number 322042507, suggesting some ongoing maintenance and improvement efforts.