47 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The three-story, two-family house at 47 Buffalo Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Pin Fang Yang, has faced multiple maintenance challenges in recent years, with a particularly concerning cluster of issues emerging in late 2024. Most notably, there was an emergency water leak reported in apartment 2, significant indoor air quality concerns, and various sanitation problems including pest infestations and garbage storage issues.

Multiple inspection attempts by HPD between October and November 2024 were unsuccessful due to access issues, though violations were documented for several items requiring attention including ventilation system problems, plumbing concerns, and multiple instances of missing or defective signage. The building has also accumulated several active violations related to external low-pressure inspections from 2018 through 2023, and a 2019 boiler inspection failure that remain unresolved as of 2025. During 2024, multiple housing maintenance code violations were recorded and subsequently closed, including issues with carbon monoxide detectors, pest control, moisture damage, and security systems.

On a positive note, the property has demonstrated consistent compliance with rodent inspections, passing all required checks in 2022, 2024, and 2025. The building's bedbug reporting history shows no infestation cases reported between 2019 and 2025, suggesting effective pest management in that regard. While many violations have been addressed through inspections and corrections, the pattern of access issues during inspections and the accumulation of active violations suggests ongoing maintenance challenges for this century-old property.