990 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

990 Bushwick Avenue is a 4-story, 8-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1907 and currently owned by Kung Ming Hu. The building has experienced several noteworthy maintenance and safety issues over recent years. Most concerning are the active violations regarding external low pressure inspections, with open violations from 2020 and 2021 still pending resolution as of mid-2023.

The building experienced significant heat and hot water issues in early 2021 that warranted emergency intervention, affecting the entire building, while specific apartment 1A faced multiple violations at that time including defective smoke detector and carbon monoxide device issues, and inadequate hot water provision. Safety concerns continued with various violations including a 2018 issue regarding fire escape access from apartment 3B and another regarding fire escape ladder maintenance. Recent inspections and reports show some improvement in pest management, though challenges remain; the most recent rodent inspections in 2025 were passed, following a pattern of both rat activity and successful baiting efforts in late 2022.

The building's bedbug report for 2022-2023 shows zero infested units, though there were multiple violations issued in previous years regarding the annual bedbug reporting requirement. The property has maintained compliance with rodent inspections in recent years, passing multiple evaluations between 2022 and 2025, including an Initial Rodent Inspection in April 2025. A recent complaint about illegal after-hours work in May 2025 was investigated but found no violations.