54 Harrison Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211

54 Harrison Avenue is a 4-story Old Law Tenement building built in 1931, containing 9 units and currently owned by Herman Steinmetz. The property has experienced several concerning safety issues, particularly related to fire escapes and window guards. Most notably, in early 2024, significant fire safety violations were documented, including defective fire escape conditions requiring immediate attention and the necessity for a fire guard due to observed fire hazards.

These included broken or missing treads on the fire escape stairs, particularly between the 3rd and 4th stories at the building's front, and issues with the 3rd-story balcony. The building has a history of window guard problems, with multiple complaints about broken or missing guards between 2019 and 2023, though inspections did not always result in violations. The property has also faced various maintenance challenges, particularly in early 2021, when multiple violations were documented, including issues with pests, flooring, plumbing (water supply and radiator), and electrical wiring.

More recent concerns include the building's failure to maintain proper documentation for external low-pressure inspections in 2019, 2020, and 2021, which remains an active violation as of June 2023. While the building has maintained a bedbug-free status based on recent filings from 2023-2024, earlier rodent inspections in 2021 showed compliance failures. The most recent service requests indicate ongoing safety concerns, including a September 2023 complaint about a broken window guard that was closed with no violations issued, though it was also categorized as an emergency through the Housing Maintenance Code.