655A Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, three-unit building at 655A Greene Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Stanley Celius, has faced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past several years, with the most recent emergency complaint filed in February 2025 remaining unresolved as of this date. This building, constructed in 1899 and classified as HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A, has a documented history of heat-related complaints in 2021, 2022, and now 2025, though inspections in 2021 resulted in no access to apartments for verification of conditions.

The most significant cluster of issues occurred in November 2022, when multiple violations were recorded in Apartment 1, including problems with excessive hot water temperatures, multiple water leaks, broken electrical outlets, defective plastered surfaces, and the absence of carbon monoxide detectors. While most of these violations were certified as corrected between late 2022 and early 2023, the building has experienced consistent maintenance challenges. The property has maintained a relatively clean record regarding bedbugs, with no reported infestations in the past seven reporting periods from 2019 through 2025.

Rodent inspections present a mixed picture, with most inspections passing but showing rat activity in February 2023. The building's maintenance history includes several infrastructure concerns, such as water leaks (noted in violations from 2019) and entrance door issues (noted in violations from 2019 and 2020). Despite these challenges, the building has maintained compliance with rodent control requirements in the most recent inspections through 2025, though an initial rat activity result in February 2023 suggests some ongoing pest management needs.