209 Central Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The six-unit building at 209 Central Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Aron Fromowitz, is a two-story old law tenement constructed in 1931. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, most notably an emergency water leak incident in February 2021 that required HPD inspection, though access was not granted.

During the same period, there were multiple complaints about heat and hot water issues, with residents reporting problems both individually and collectively; HPD was able to verify that heat and hot water had been restored in some cases. These heating system problems were serious enough to generate multiple emergency housing maintenance code complaints. Notably, from 2021 to 2023, the building received three separate class A violations for failure to file annual bedbug reports, though subsequent filings from 2024 show zero infestation cases reported during the previous five filing periods.

More recently, there have been ongoing rodent control challenges, with repeated inspections showing rat activity between October 2022 and April 2025, though two inspections in 2024 and one in 2025 passed without issues. The building's management has shown compliance with rodent control measures, as evidenced by bait application in December 2023 and passing inspections thereafter. While the property has had its share of maintenance issues, particularly in 2021, the documentation suggests some improvement in recent years, with no bedbug issues reported since 2021 and more regular rodent control measures being implemented.