297 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

The 8-story, 96-unit residential building at 297 Wilson Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Ismael Feliciano, has experienced persistent heating issues throughout 2025, with multiple emergency heat/hot water complaints filed by both individual apartments and for the entire building between January and February 2025. The most recent incident in February 2025 involved both apartment-level and building-wide heating complaints, some of which resulted in violations being issued to the property owner.

The building also faced garbage and recycling storage issues in February 2025, which was deemed an unsanitary condition by HPD but did not warrant violation citations. While the building has demonstrated consistent rodent control measures, passing inspections from 2022 through 2025, it previously had documented pest issues in apartment 5D in 2021, with violations for mouse and cockroach infestations. The building's recent history also includes several unresolved elevator safety concerns, with active violations from 2020-2024 related to various elevator system compliance issues, including an inoperative alarm bell, communication problems, and missing door lock monitoring features.

As of 2025, there appears to be ongoing financial implications for the property owner, with multiple active ECB violations from 2020-2024 totaling over $13,000 in penalties related to elevator and safety system compliance. Notably, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the past three years (2021-2024), as evidenced by the building's regular bedbug reporting showing zero infested units in recent filings. The building has also maintained a reasonably consistent record of meeting housing maintenance code requirements in recent inspections, though the recent heating issues represent a significant ongoing concern for resident comfort and building maintenance compliance.