104 St Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

104 St Nicholas Avenue is a 5-unit, 3-story residential building in Bushwick, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Tsan Cheung. The property experienced several significant maintenance issues in 2021, with multiple complaints filed between August 24-31 including problems with pests, safety equipment (carbon monoxide and smoke detectors), and building systems (bell/intercom), some of which were categorized as emergencies.

While the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was unable to access the property for inspection in many cases, they did conduct inspections on some complaints between August 24-31, 2021, and found no violations. The building has been subject to annual bedbug reporting requirements from 2018 to 2024, with records showing no infestations or eradications during those periods, and the most recent report from 2025 confirms no bedbug activity from November 2023 to October 2024.

Recent inspections have generally shown improvement in building conditions, with rodent inspections in 2022, 2024, and 2025 all passing, though there was one instance of rat activity noted in January 2022. The property has experienced some unauthorized use concerns, with complaints about illegal hotel rooms (2021) and improper vent/exhaust installations (2020), though inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. The building underwent several Housing Maintenance Code inspections from 2021-2024, consistently receiving close-out notices without violations, and appears to be more compliant with housing regulations in recent years, as evidenced by the successful rodent inspections and clean bedbug reports.