144 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

144 Pennsylvania Avenue is a 4-story, 16-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1921 and currently owned by Sara Chacon. The property has experienced persistent heating and hot water issues throughout the past three years, with ten documented complaints between November 2023 and January 2025, including two complaints in January 2025 alone.

While some of these complaints were resolved shortly after reporting, at least four resulted in violations being issued, indicating more systemic heating system problems. Additional recent concerns include multiple violations documented in November 2024 affecting apartment 15 (including issues with roach and mice infestations, the intercom system, door security, and bathroom fixtures), along with building-wide violations regarding exterior door handles and access to the heating system.

The building's maintenance history shows a consistent pattern of heat and hot water-related complaints over several years, with eight emergency service requests filed between March 2023 and January 2025. There is some positive news regarding bedbug control, as the building has reported zero infested units in its last five annual filings (2019-2024), though past rodent inspections show mixed results, with the most recent Compliance inspection in 2012 passing after one initial failure in 2011. The property has maintained an active eviction-free record, with no reported eviction cases in the past three years, though it should be noted that violation correction dates provided by HPD have sometimes lagged behind the inspection dates.