253 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
The four-story, eight-unit tenement building at 253 Lexington Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Classie Dockery and constructed in 1900, has experienced several ongoing maintenance and safety issues over the past few years.
Most notably, there are recurring violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, with open violations for failure to file annual bedbug reports apparent in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. The building has also accumulated multiple Department of Buildings violations for failing to submit required external low-pressure inspection reports between 2018 and 2023, with the most recent violation issued in September 2024.
Additionally, there have been persistent rodent control challenges, with recorded rat activity in January and July 2024, and February 2024, though recent inspections from January and July 2025 did pass. This long-standing pattern of inspection violations and pest control issues suggests ongoing management challenges within the building, despite some recent improvements in pest control compliance.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 8 |
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Year built | 1900 |
Total area | 7800 sq ft |
Floors | 4 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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