171 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

171 Tompkins Avenue is a three-story, six-unit residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Bec Continuum Owner LLC and constructed in 1931. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with eight documented complaints between 2019 and 2022, all marked as "emergency" violations under the Housing Maintenance Code.

While these complaints were eventually closed, inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development were often unable to access units for verification. More recently, in 2023, the building had two notable violations: an active ECB violation from 2019 regarding an inoperative boiler with a penalty of $1,250, and a housing maintenance violation related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports for both 2021 and 2022. The building has undergone multiple inspections for rodent activity between 2022 and 2025, with several showing evidence of rat activity in 2023 and 2024, though recent inspections in early 2025 have passed.

Apartment 2A appears to have been the focus of several maintenance issues identified during a July 2020 inspection, including problems with window guards, various wall repairs, an intercom system, and a mold condition in the bathroom, though all violations were subsequently closed. The building's current bedbug reporting for 2022-2023 shows no infestations, continuing a three-year trend of no reported bedbug issues. While there have been historical maintenance concerns, particularly regarding the heating system and rodent activity, recent inspections have shown some improvement in building conditions, though the active boiler violation remains a notable concern.