1087 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The four-story, six-unit building at 1087 Gates Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Yoel Falkowitz and constructed in 1910, has experienced several noteworthy maintenance issues over the past decade. Most recently, from 2022 through 2025, the property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases or required remediation during this period.

The building successfully passed rodent inspections in 2022, 2024, and 2025, though it underwent multiple bait applications and had confirmed rat activity in January 2016, indicating a previous pest control challenge that appears to have been resolved. The building's maintenance history reveals several concerning incidents between 2016 and 2019, particularly focused on Apartment 2, which faced multiple violations including inadequate water supply (both hot and cold), a capped gas line, and appliance issues (including a defective refrigerator door gasket).

Other violations involved building-wide safety concerns, such as scalding hot water in 2019, an illegal double cylinder lock at the front gate, and various code violations pertaining to common areas. While these issues have all been marked as "Close," indicating they were addressed, their frequency and nature suggest there were significant maintenance challenges during this period. However, the more recent record from 2020 onwards shows improved overall building conditions, with no new violations of similar severity or nature.