52 North 1st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249

The 7-story, 46-unit residential building at 52 North 1st Street in Williamsburg, owned by Alex Lozada, was constructed in 2008 and has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues over the past years. Most recently, in late 2022, Apartment 1H had documented mold and water leakage problems affecting the ceiling and east wall, though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development found no violations, and these issues were labeled as closed by April 2023. The building has had multiple violations related to building safety and compliance, including a set of concerning issues in 2019 involving illegal hotel use of Apartment 2A, which resulted in violations for improper fire alarm systems and means of egress requirements, though these were subsequently resolved.

Between 2022 and 2023, there were violations related to failure to file external low-pressure inspections, though these were eventually dismissed. The building has maintained a clean bedbug record since 2019, with no reported infestations in any unit according to the most recent bedbug reports for the periods ending in 2023. The property has generated several complaints to both the Department of Buildings and NYC HPD, including service requests for unsanitary conditions in 2022 and multiple complaints related to illegal hotel use in 2019.

The building's elevator system has been subject to multiple inspections and violations over the years, including a "Cycle 9B unsafe report" filed in early 2023, though this violation was dismissed. Historical data shows several instances of inspection access issues and violations for construction-related matters, including a 2022 complaint about debris. The property has generally complied with bedbug reporting requirements, consistently reporting zero infested or re-infested units in its annual filings since 2019, though there was one note of an annual bedbug report violation in March 2022 that received prompt attention.