450 Decatur Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

450 Decatur Street is a 3-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement building constructed in 1899, located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood and currently owned by Hyunjeen Lee. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues, with the most significant recent problems occurring in March 2024, when multiple complaints were filed regarding water leaks (heavy flow), unsanitary conditions including pests and sewage, and a power outage. These complaints were marked as closed due to inspection access issues.

Prior to this, there have been consistent reports of sewage odors affecting indoor air quality between 2021 and 2024, with the most recent odor complaints recorded in March 2024. The building has also faced water leak and mold issues in September 2021, which similarly had inspection access concerns. Despite these ongoing maintenance challenges, the building has demonstrated compliance with periodic requirements such as bedbug reporting, with all recent filings from 2019 to 2025 indicating zero infested or re-infested units.

Rodent inspections from 2012 through 2025 show consistently passing results, with only one failure noted in 2012 for "Other Reasons." Notably, there was one complaint in February 2021 regarding work done without a permit in an occupied multiple dwelling, though this was inspected the same day with no violations found. In April 2024, the building received violations for not filing annual bedbug reports, though this appears to have been resolved as subsequent reports have been properly filed. The building's infrastructure and maintenance issues, particularly the recurring water-related problems, suggest ongoing residential challenges, though the recent rodent and bedbug compliance indicates attention to pest management.