1434 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

The three-story, six-unit tenement building at 1434 Gates Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Lazar Mundrean, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years. Recent records show a heat/hot water emergency in November 2022, which was resolved within one day. Between October 2020 and November 2020, the building faced multiple serious concerns including mold, window guard issues, and pest infestations, all of which resulted in Housing Maintenance Code violations.

In particular, Apartment 1L displayed multiple maintenance challenges during this period, including broken window guards, defective entrance door features, kitchen floor tile problems, a problematic secondary egress door, and both mold (approximately 18 square feet in the bathroom) and pest (roach) infestations. Most of these violations were subsequently addressed and closed by December 2020. The building's maintenance record shows consistent bedbug reports filed annually from 2020 through 2024, with all reporting periods indicating zero infested units, suggesting effective management of this potential issue.

Rodent inspections have been conducted regularly, with the most recent inspections in 2025 showing passed results, following a period of rat activity recorded in 2022. However, there remains an active Department of Buildings violation from November 2019 regarding an unfiled annual boiler inspection report from 2017. The property has also maintained compliance with rodent control measures since August 2022, with the exception of the 2012-2013 period when multiple instances of rat activity were documented.