517 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

517 Sheffield Avenue is a 2-story, 4-unit New Law Tenement building located in East New York, constructed in 1924 and currently owned by Edelyne Pierre. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues over recent years, with the most significant problems occurring between 2021 and 2023. These included multiple heat and hot water disruptions (affecting both individual apartments and the entire building), electrical problems including a power outage in July 2022, and water leak issues reported in January 2023.

Notably, the building has been subject to four open violations related to the failure to submit annual bedbug reports between 2021 and 2024, which represents a significant regulatory compliance issue. While the building has passed several rodent inspections (2011, 2012, 2016), the maintenance history suggests ongoing challenges with basic services. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has been unable to gain access to inspect reported lighting and water leak issues in 2023, which were classified as emergency complaints.

The building's infrastructure appears to have systemic difficulties, particularly regarding heating and hot water systems, with multiple complaints spanning several years. The persistence of bedbug report violations suggests either oversight or noncompliance with required health and safety regulations. Despite these issues, other than the bedbug report violations, there have been no documented housing maintenance code violations issued since April 2024.