211 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

211 Lewis Avenue is a three-story, three-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, owned by Annella Johnson and constructed in 1899. The building has recently experienced significant heat and hot water delivery issues, with multiple tenant complaints in May 2025 regarding both building-wide and apartment-specific problems that required emergency HPD intervention.

These complaints occurred close together, with at least four separate reports within a two-day period, though some were duplicates of others. The property has maintained a good track record regarding pest management, with no reported bedbug infestations in the last three reporting periods (2024, 2023, and 2021), and passed rodent inspections in July 2025, June 2024, and earlier inspections from 2015 and 2019. The building's maintenance history shows some past concerns regarding building conditions in October 2021, when HPD investigated complaints about walls, floors, and water leaks, though no violations were issued in these cases.

Violation records indicate missing annual bedbug reporting compliance in 2019-2023, classified as Class A violations, as well as a Class B violation in 2019 related to inadequate exterior lighting at the front entrance, which was certified as corrected. An Environmental Control Board violation was recorded in 2018 regarding unpermitted signage installation for a deli, though this was resolved with no penalties. The property appears to have no open violations as of the latest inspection dates, with documentation showing prompt responses to various complaints and regular maintenance checks, though the recent heat and hot water issues suggest some ongoing infrastructure challenges.