2451 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

2451 Pitkin Avenue is a 3-story, 13-unit New Law Tenement building in East New York, constructed in 1930 and currently owned by Meredith Marshall. The property has experienced recurring issues with its heating and hot water systems, most notably in April 2024, when five separate complaints were filed within a one-week period regarding building-wide outages, leading to multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations. These violations included problems with hot water availability in apartments 1E, 1C, and 1D, as well as locked access to the heating system in the boiler room.

Additional maintenance concerns were documented during the April 2024 inspection, including a need for ceiling and wall repairs in apartment 1C, a broken shower diverter in 1E, and various other building maintenance issues. The building has a documented history of heat and hot water issues, with similar complaints in 2019, suggesting this is an ongoing maintenance challenge. Other notable concerns include a mold condition in apartment 1C identified in June 2023, and bedbug incidents, with one unit reporting infestation in the 2021-2022 period, though subsequent annual reports from 2022-2024 indicate no further infestations.

The property generally passed rodent inspections in 2012, and while there was one plumbing complaint in 2018-2019 regarding a bathtub/shower issue, most complaints relate to the heating system. The building's bedbug reporting history from 2019 through 2024 shows minimal infestation activity, with most years reporting zero affected units. The most recent bedbug filings (2023-2024) show no infestations or re-infestations.