145 Schenck Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

145 Schenck Avenue is a 3-unit, 3-story old law tenement building constructed in 1901, currently owned by Aviad Rave. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, most recently reported in May 2025, though these typically have been promptly addressed according to HPD records. A significant critical incident occurred in 2019-2020 when all three apartments were found occupied despite an active vacate order from 2017, resulting in multiple penalties totaling $12,500 across several Environmental Control Board violations.

The building has faced multiple safety and maintenance concerns, including emergency elevator, fire escape, door, and electrical issues between 2018-2022, along with various general maintenance problems like window frame repairs, plumbing issues, and mold concerns. More recently, there were successful periodic bedbug reporting compliance submissions from 2022-2025 showing no infestation cases. The property has demonstrated some improvement in recent years, with no reported bedbug infestations since 2022 and recent inspections showing better compliance with reporting requirements.

However, several open violations from 2019 regarding the posting of safety notices (including carbon monoxide and smoke detector requirements) remain on record, along with building system maintenance issues that have persisted over multiple years. The most recent Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2023 - related to annual bedbug reporting - and the most recent 311 complaints from 2025 suggest some ongoing responsiveness issues, though these are not uncommon in older buildings of this type and age. The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of clustering complaints and violations, particularly in early 2021 when multiple issues were reported simultaneously, each of which was subsequently inspected and closed with no violations issued.