176 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

At 176 Meserole Street in Williamsburg, a 4-story, 8-unit old law tenement built in 1920, the most pressing current issue involves a significant and ongoing heat and hot water system failure affecting the entire building, with multiple emergency complaints filed in December 2023. These complaints, all filed on December 14, 2023, were marked as duplicates of an already open complaint, and in several cases, HPD was unable to gain access for inspection purposes.

The building has a history of similar systemic issues, with multiple heat and hot water complaints documented, though it appears to have maintained a relatively clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases in the past three years (2021-2024) according to the most recent bedbug reports submitted in December 2024. The property has experienced two consecutive years where the annual bedbug report filing was noted as a violation in 2021 and 2022, but subsequent filings (covering the periods 2022-2023 and 2023-2024) show no infested, eradicated, or re-infested units.

The building's rodent inspection conducted in September 2011 passed, indicating no rodent issues were present at that time. While the building's older infrastructure is typical for its age, the most significant and concerning current issue remains the recurring heat and hot water system failures, which have affected multiple tenants during the winter months, as evidenced by the multiple complaints and emergency filings in December 2023.