393 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

393 Nostrand Avenue is a four-story Old Law Tenement building located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Idris Applewhite. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout early 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed in February and March 2025, though some were resolved after inspections confirmed restoration of services.

The building requires attention to several maintenance issues, as evidenced by multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations, including lead paint hazards in Apartment 1 (November 2024 inspection) affecting ceilings in the kitchen and bathroom, as well as various walls, door frames, and floor tiles requiring repair or replacement. There are also plumbing concerns noted as of June 2025, with an open water supply violation. The building's maintenance history shows ongoing challenges with basic services, particularly heating and hot water systems, which have required multiple emergency interventions throughout 2025.

While the property has passed multiple rodent inspections between 2021 and 2025, with the most recent inspections in March 2025 showing compliance, there was one instance of rat activity noted in May 2021. The building's record shows relatively few recent pest issues, with no bedbug reports filed for the 2022-2023 period according to the most recent filing in July 2024. Various repair attempts and inspections have taken place throughout the building, but access issues have sometimes prevented proper evaluation of reported problems, as seen in multiple HPD complaints in February 2025.