389 Monroe Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

389 Monroe Street is a three-story, three-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and was constructed in 1899. The property, owned by Joseph Yaakovzadeh, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past decade, particularly between 2018-2019, with recurring heat and hot water problems documented through multiple 311 complaints and Housing Maintenance Code violations. During this period, there were also complaints regarding unsanitary conditions including mold, and a heavy water leak was reported in October 2018.

These issues led to emergency violations and required HPD inspections, though access to the apartments was not always granted for verification purposes. More recently, the building has shown compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements, with all four reports from 2021-2025 indicating zero infested units. The property has maintained a good rodent control record, passing inspections in 2022, 2024, and 2025, though there were two initial failures in 2010 and 2013.

Between 2021-2024, the building addressed multiple safety and maintenance matters, including various violations related to fire safety, water leaks, and building maintenance requirements. The most recent violations from 2023-2024 involved failure to file annual bedbug reports (which were subsequently corrected), and a 2022 violation related to a fire escape door lock in Apartment C that was certified as corrected in May 2022. Notably, there have been no documented bedbug infestations in the past five years, and the property has consistently passed all recent rodent inspections, indicating improved overall pest management.