451 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The three-story, two-family house at 451 Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Alex Arker and constructed in 1980, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past five years. Most notably, there have been three declared sewer-related problems (two in April 2022 and one more recently in February 2025) that all required emergency response from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though inspections did not result in any housing law violations.

The property has also faced plumbing issues, including a toilet complaint in 2022, and an indoor air quality concern related to construction dust in 2021 where the Health Department was unable to complete an inspection due to communication difficulties. Despite these challenges, the building has maintained a positive record regarding pest control, with no reported bedbug infestations during the last five years (as per the annual reports from 2020-2024), and passed all rodent inspections in 2022-2025, except for one failure in 2020 for unspecified reasons.

The building's permit history shows consistent maintenance and improvement activity between 2019 and 2021, with multiple emergency work permits issued during this period, including six permits issued in November 2020 alone. While the recent sewage issues in early 2025 might raise some concerns about the building's infrastructure, it's worth noting that all complaints have been addressed and closed by the relevant authorities, with inspections not revealing any housing code violations. The property has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing no infestations or eradications, and recent rodent inspections have returned passing results, suggesting effective pest management practices are currently in place.