165 Suydam Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The 6-unit, 3-story tenement building at 165 Suydam Street in Bushwick, owned by Josephine Corso, has a documented history of issues primarily related to heat/hot water systems and safety concerns. Most concerning are two separate instances in 2021 and 2020 where the entire building experienced heat and hot water outages (December 2021 and February 2020), both requiring HPD intervention, with the 2021 incident being resolved within one day. A broken window guard safety violation was recorded in October 2019.

The building has also faced multiple administrative and safety compliance issues, particularly in early 2020, including an open violation regarding a defective entrance door, missing safety notices, and failure to investigate lead-based paint hazards. During this period, multiple violations were issued related to improper posting of building information and required safety notices, though many of these violations were subsequently closed. More recently, the building has shown improved conditions with regular bedbug reporting showing zero infestations from 2021 to present, and successful rodent control efforts, though there have been periods of rat activity noted between late 2023 and early 2024.

The most recent rodent inspection in May 2025 passed, indicating improved pest management. While there have been ongoing rodent issues as evidenced by multiple bait applications and rat activity reports in late 2023 through 2024, the building's more recent history shows fewer urgent maintenance issues compared to the documented problems from 2019-2020. The property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements through May 2025, though there remains one open violation from 2020 regarding a building entrance door that has not been certified as corrected.