321 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The 3-unit, 3-story brownstone at 321 Jefferson Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Reed Young and constructed in 1882, has had relatively few maintenance issues over the past several years.

The most significant incident on record occurred in December 2020, when a heat and hot water emergency was reported through both 311 services and Housing Maintenance Code complaints, though inspectors from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development were unable to gain access to any apartments for verification, resulting in the case being closed without resolution. More recently, the building has been subject to mandatory bedbug reporting requirements, with filings occurring in March 2023, March 2024, and most recently in December 2024.

However, in each of these reports covering the specified one-year periods, there were no confirmed infestations, with all reports showing zero infested dwelling units, zero units requiring eradication, and zero re-infested units. The absence of any recent complaints or issues related to heat or hot water since 2020, combined with the consistent bedbug reports showing no infestations, suggests that the building has been relatively stable in terms of major maintenance concerns, though the initial heat/hot water incident remains the only documented emergency situation on record.