168 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 168 Vernon Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Lauretta James, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over recent years. There have been four documented incidents between 2020 and 2023 involving heat and hot water outages affecting the entire building, with the most recent complaints occurring in March 2023 and October 2022, though in these cases tenants reported that services had been restored before inspection.

Notably, the building has two open violations as of April 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, which persists from March 2023, and several significant open violations from October 2022 concerning safety and regulatory compliance. These include issues with self-closing doors at the building entrance, missing inspection certificate frames, and inadequate posting of crucial safety information regarding gas leaks, smoke detector requirements, carbon monoxide detection, and the building's registration number.

On a positive note, the building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections, with the most recent inspection in May 2025 showing compliance. While past heat and hot water issues indicate potential concerns with building maintenance, the regular rodent inspection compliance suggests attention to some aspects of property upkeep. The combination of recurring heat issues, multiple open violations from 2022, and bedbug reporting noncompliance represents the most significant areas of concern for this property, though these issues have persisted for varying lengths of time and are not all directly related to resident comfort.