505 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

505 Amboy Street is a 3-unit, 3-story residential building located in Brownsville, constructed in 2004 and currently owned by Erick Gonzalez. The building has recently experienced multiple maintenance issues, with a particularly significant cluster of complaints in May 2024 including water leaks, stair problems, and concerns about heating/hot water and cooking gas across multiple service requests. The building has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with the most recent filing in May 2025 showing no infested units.

Historical records indicate several serious safety concerns, particularly in 2021 when multiple violations were issued regarding obstructed egress and emergency exit passageways, notably involving combustible materials on the third-floor landing. These violations, for which penalties were initially assigned, were ultimately dismissed by the ECB in 2025. Earlier maintenance issues from 2018-2019 included problems with windows, pests, and various housing code violations.

The building has undergone several inspections for rodent issues, with failed inspections recorded in 2011 and 2017-2018, though there have been no recent rodent complaints on file. In 2018, multiple violations were issued concerning the need for proper notice of carbon monoxide detector requirements, smoke detector requirements, and other safety-related postings in common areas, as well as a violation for light-colored paint requirements in Apartment 2. While many of these violations were eventually closed, the building's maintenance history shows a pattern of periodic maintenance issues, particularly regarding building systems and safety requirements.