529 Hinsdale Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207

The two-story, four-unit residential building at 529 Hinsdale Street in East New York, owned by Josh Samuel, has a mixed maintenance record spanning several years. The most pressing current issue is the pattern of open Class A Housing Maintenance Code violations related to bedbug reporting, with inspections in 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024 showing non-compliance with the requirement to file annual bedbug reports as mandated by HPD rules.

This repeated violation has persisted for multiple years without resolution. The building underwent a comprehensive inspection in December 2021, revealing several significant maintenance issues that were subsequently addressed and closed. These included safety and maintenance concerns in public areas, such as broken or defective fire-rated materials in the west and east walls at both the first and second-story public halls, and problems with skylight and window glass panes in the stairwell areas.

The inspection also noted the need for various painting requirements, including applying light-colored paint to the west and east walls at the second-story public stairs, as well as the first-story public hall north wall. A notable safety concern was identified and addressed regarding carbon monoxide detection, with a violation recorded for missing detectors in apartment 2F (second story) during this inspection, though there is no record of similar violations in subsequent inspections. While the building passed rodent inspections in 2011 and 2012, the repeated bedbug reporting violations since 2022 suggest ongoing management challenges that have persisted despite annual inspections.