850 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222
850 Manhattan Avenue is a 4-story, 6-unit Old Law Tenement building in Greenpoint, built in 1884 and currently owned by James Catalano. The property has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues, with seven documented complaints between 2021 and 2025, including multiple building-wide outages in March 2025 that were classified as emergencies. HPD has frequently been unable to gain access to apartments for inspection purposes in response to these complaints.
The building's maintenance history shows several other infrastructure concerns, including electrical wiring issues, flooring conditions, and an appliance problem in the summer of 2021. There is an active violation from September 2024 regarding failure to file high-pressure inspection reports for both internal and external systems, which appears to be part of a pattern of neglect in maintaining proper documentation for safety systems, with multiple similar violations dating back to 2020. The building has consistently maintained good records regarding pest control, with annual bedbug reports showing zero infestations or eradications from 2019 through 2024, indicating effective management of this particular issue.
A rodent inspection in 2013 also passed. Housing Maintenance Code violations have been relatively minimal, though the building did receive four separate citations between 2021 and 2024 for not filing annual bedbug reports. While the building's age and history of heating system issues are notable, it is worth mentioning that many of the reported problems have been addressed, even if not always with confirmed access by inspectors, and that there are no currently active bedbug or rodent issues on record since 2019.
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Building Characteristics
| Total units | 6 |
|---|---|
| Year built | 1884 |
| Total area | 6020 sq ft |
| Floors | 4 |
| Tax Abatements | None |
| Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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