165 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The 4-story, 6-unit building at 165 Quincy Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Kathryn Lightner, has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years. Most concerning are three service requests from February 2025 that HPD inspectors were unable to complete, including complaints about a door frame, mold, and a power outage. The building has visible maintenance challenges, particularly in Apartment 3A, where 2024 inspections resulted in multiple violations including issues with window guards, flooring, plumbing fixtures, and sanitation. There were also four emergency complaints filed in March 2024 related to unsanitary conditions (pests), plumbing, wall issues, and violations requiring work to be completed in a timely manner.

The building's history shows recurring infrastructure challenges, including a heat/hot water outage affecting the entire building in 2021, and multiple refrigerator-related complaints in 2019 and 2020. While recent rodent inspections from 2021 through 2025 have consistently passed, there remains one open violation from 2024 in Apartment 3A regarding a mouse infestation that requires abatement. The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past five years, with no reported cases between 2019 and 2024. Interestingly, recent 311 complaints and housing violations filed in 2025 suggest ongoing maintenance challenges, particularly regarding access issues for inspectors, which may indicate communication or access problems between tenants and management.

The building has a total of 9 rodent inspections from 2020 through 2025, with most passing, though there was one initial failure in March 2021. The most recent violations from 2024 indicate multiple issues in Apartment 3A that required notifications of violations, including various maintenance and sanitation issues. These being classified as both Class A and Class B violations show they fall under different levels of urgency. While the building has had regular rodent inspections, suggesting attention to this specific maintenance issue, the overall pattern of complaints and violations indicates ongoing challenges with building maintenance and resident access to proper services.