427 New Jersey Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

The 6-unit, 3-story building at 427 New Jersey Avenue in East New York, owned by Joseph Miele, has experienced recurring heating system issues throughout 2021-2022, with ten documented complaints to HPD regarding lack of heat and hot water between November 2021 and March 2022. While these complaints were generally resolved with the restoration of services, they represent a significant pattern of infrastructure problems during this period.

The building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug control measures, successfully filing annual reports from 2019 through 2024 with no reported infestations or eradications, though there were three violations noted in 2022-2024 related to bedbug reporting requirements. Multiple building violations were documented in 2022, including issues with doors and security features in the public areas, such as defective self-closing doors, problematic locking devices, and concerns about illegal sliding bolt locks at the roof bulkhead. While the Department of Buildings issued violations in 2023 regarding failure to file external low pressure inspections for 2020 and 2021, these were subsequently dismissed in 2024.

More recent records show improved conditions, with no heating system complaints since March 2022 and successful rodent control inspections passed in 2019-2022, including a compliance inspection in April 2022 following an initial rat activity report in March 2022. The building appears to have addressed its major infrastructure issues from the 2021-2022 period, as evidenced by the absence of recent heating complaints and the successful resolution of most identified violations. The property has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance since 2019, with no reported infestations during the current and previous three reporting periods.