166 Norwood Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

The three-unit, two-story Old Law Tenement building at 166 Norwood Avenue in Cypress Hills, owned by Krishnaram Naraine, has experienced several notable issues in recent years, most significantly during a cluster of incidents in November 2021. That month, multiple emergency complaints were filed and subsequently investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), revealing problems with a bathroom ceiling requiring attention, window frame issues, unsafe mold conditions, and a fire escape that was inspected but found to have no violations. Additionally, there was a brief heating and hot water outage that was reportedly resolved during the inspection.

The building has faced ongoing regulatory scrutiny regarding bedbug reporting compliance, with open violations as recent as April 2024, marking at least three consecutive years of non-compliance with the requirement to file annual reports. Earlier findings in 2020-2021 included construction-related issues that prompted a Stop Work Order, though this was rescinded and the violations dismissed by July 2023. The building's maintenance history shows some attention to interior conditions, including a specific violation from November 2021 requiring repairs to bathroom plaster surfaces and paint in a 2nd-floor apartment.

Two safety-related complaints regarding egress and fire escape access in November 2021 could not be fully investigated due to access issues. The most recent major inspection from 2024 has also indicated continued requirements for compliance with various housing maintenance codes. Historical records from 2012 and 2017 show the building passed rodent inspections, and while there was one incident of bedbug infestation reported in 2021 (with related violations filed), subsequent reports for 2021-2022 indicated no units were infested or had required eradication measures.