136 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

As of July 2025, 136 Herkimer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant is a 4-story, 16-unit New Law Tenement built in 1905 and owned by Robert Raphael. The building has experienced several recurring maintenance issues, particularly between January and April 2025, with multiple complaints regarding heat and hot water problems. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, there were at least six separate complaints about heat/hot water issues, some reporting whole-building problems and others specific to individual apartments.

These complaints resulted in HPD violations, though inspections either could not gain access or found conditions that were within legal limits. More recent issues include multiple complaints in April 2025 regarding wall paint/plaster conditions, and a February 2025 door-related complaint that resulted in violations. The building has a documented pest history, with a significant roach infestation noted in apartment 2D as of October 2024, along with various maintenance violations including problems with the ceiling, door latch, and roof leak in that apartment.

While there have been periods of rat activity in 2023 and 2024, recent rodent inspections in 2024 and 2025 have passed. The building has maintained a zero infestation rate for bedbugs in the past four reporting periods (2021-2025), with one unit reported infested in 2020 that was subsequently eradicated. While many violations from 2024 have been certified as corrected, there are still some open issues, including a currently open Class C violation for cockroach infestation in apartment 2D from October 2024.