27 Furman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

27 Furman Avenue is a three-story, six-unit New Law tenement building located in Bushwick and owned by 27 Furman Avenue LLC. The building, constructed in 1911, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, most notably during November 2019 when multiple tenants reported heat and hot water problems over several consecutive days, resulting in multiple emergency Housing Maintenance Code complaints.

During this period, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) conducted inspections and issued violations, including a specific problem with heat and hot water in apartment 3B. More recently, from 2021 through 2024, the building has maintained open violations related to the annual bedbug reporting requirement under Section HMC of the Housing Maintenance Code.

The building's rodent control history shows a concerning pattern, particularly in 2018 when multiple bait applications were required between September and October, following initial inspections that revealed rat activity in April and June of that year. However, since December 2019, the building has consistently passed rodent inspections, with the most recent inspections in 2022, 2024, and 2025 indicating successful compliance with rodent management requirements. A notable improvement in overall building maintenance is evidenced by the absence of recent heat and hot water complaints, suggesting that the building systems have stabilized since the 2019 incidents, though the open bedbug reporting violations remain an area of concern.