1125 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

1125 Putnam Avenue is a 4-story, 8-unit residential tenement building located in Bushwick and owned by Linda Vera. Built in 1905, this old-law tenement has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water systems, with eight documented complaints about building-wide heating and hot water problems since 2022, including four separate complaints in February 2025 alone.

While most of these incidents were resolved promptly (often within one to two days), the pattern suggests ongoing challenges with the building's heating infrastructure. The building was inspected for rodent activity multiple times between 2018 and 2025, with the most recent inspections in 2024 and 2025 showing "Passed" results, though there were instances of rat activity noted in October 2018 and August 2022. The property had some maintenance violations in 2021 related to door fittings in Apartment 3A and missing or defective window guards in common areas, though these were certified as corrected by September and July 2021 respectively.

More recently, in June 2023, violations were issued for failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2018 and 2019, which remain active as of now. The building has maintained a clean record with respect to bedbug infestations, with all annual reports from 2020 through 2025 showing zero infested or re-infested units, and all reported instances of infestation being duly eradicated in previous years. While the heat and hot water issues represent the most significant ongoing concern in terms of resident comfort, the building appears to be managing other maintenance and pest control issues relatively effectively, with regular inspections passing for both rodent activity and bedbug reporting.