889 Mother Gaston Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11212

The two-story, four-unit building at 889 Mother Gaston Blvd in Brownsville, owned by Suzy Dagim, has been standing since 1930 and has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years. The most serious incident occurred in February 2021, when a heat and hot water outage affected the entire building, though service was reportedly restored within two days.

The building is currently up to date with its bedbug reporting requirements, having filed its most recent report in May 2024 showing no infested units between November 2022 and October 2023, and a previous report in May 2021 also indicating no infestation during the 2019-2020 period. Of particular concern are several outstanding safety violations from 2019 that remain open, including issues with smoke detector functionality in apartment 2F, household items obstructing the public hall on the second story, and various security-related concerns such as unauthorized padlock installations at the scuttle hatch and building gates.

Additional maintenance issues from 2019 include a defective wooden tread on the first story stairs and problems with chain and padlock installations at the west yard gate, suggesting ongoing security and maintenance challenges. While the building has shown compliance with bedbug reporting requirements and maintained basic heat and hot water service since 2021, the open violations from 2019 indicate some historical persistence of maintenance issues that continued for several years before the most recent inspections.