210 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

210 Putnam Avenue is a 4-story, 23-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Marlon Barahona. The building, located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, has experienced persistent heating and hot water system issues over recent months, with ten emergency complaints filed between April and May 2025, creating significant disruption for residents. While inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) were conducted in response to these complaints, there were instances where inspectors could not gain access to units for verification, though some reports indicated heat and hot water had been restored upon inspection.

The building's maintenance history reveals several areas of concern, particularly in Apartment 12, which has open violations as of 2024-2025 related to carbon monoxide detector issues (both defective and missing), a broken refrigerator gasket, and evidence of rodent infestation (though this violation was previously closed in 2024). Apartment 13 also shows open violations from a November 2024 inspection, including missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, though previous cockroach infestation issues were resolved by December 2024. Despite these problems, the building has successfully passed multiple rodent inspections conducted between 2019 and 2025, and there have been no reported instances of bedbug infestations in the past five years.

A separate Department of Buildings complaint from July 2021 regarding illegal conversion could not be investigated due to lack of access, and while most violations from previous years have been resolved, the current state of the heating system appears to be a significant ongoing issue. The consistent pattern of heating system complaints and the status of safety equipment in Apartments 12 and 13 suggest areas requiring attention, though many other historical violations have been properly addressed. The building's most recent rodent inspection in May 2025 indicates continued successful pest management.