552 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

552 Lexington Avenue is a 2-family, 2-story residential building constructed in 1899 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, currently owned by Prashanth Rayapudi. The property has experienced several concerning incidents over the past few years, with the most recent being a tattooing facility complaint in early 2025 that was closed following a Department of Health response.

Notably, there have been multiple heating and hot water issues documented in late 2022, with violations found during inspections in November and an emergency complaint in December, though some inspections were unable to gain access to verify the conditions. The building has also faced rodent-related problems, with complaints filed in August 2022 and October 2023, though the property passed a subsequent inspection in 2023 with only minor violations noted.

The building's history includes a complaint about illegal after-hours work in April 2022, which was inspected and found to have no violations at the time. Importantly, the property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past three reporting periods from 2021 through 2024, with no infested units reported in the most recent December 2024 filings. While there have been some maintenance issues, particularly regarding heating systems and pest control, the absence of bedbug problems and the relatively quick resolution of most complaints suggest attention to building maintenance, though the pattern of heating-related complaints indicates this may have been an ongoing concern during 2022.