544 Linwood Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208

544 Linwood Street is a 3-story, 6-unit New Law Tenement building in East New York, constructed in 1930 and currently owned by 544 Linwood LLC. The building has experienced ongoing maintenance challenges, particularly in relation to its heating and hot water systems, with multiple complaints recorded between 2023 and 2025. Most recently, in March 2025, there were two heating/hot water complaints (one for the entire building and one for a specific apartment) that could not be properly inspected due to access issues.

There are also current open housing maintenance code violations from November 2024, including problems with self-closing doors, plumbing fixtures (bathtub/shower) issues in Apartment 1F, and the presence of visible mold. The property has a concerning history of service requests and violations related to essential services, including multiple cooking gas complaints, power outages, and heating system problems. Three separate boiler complaints were logged between 2019 and 2025, with violations served and penalties imposed in 2021 for failure to display heating system/boiler room access information.

The building's management reported zero bedbug infestations in their annual filings from 2021-2024, though there was a notable rodent inspection history in 2011-2014 with three failures recorded in 2014. While some issues have been resolved through inspections and repairs, including a power outage and cooking gas complaint in September 2023, the persistence of heating, plumbing, and door-related problems suggests ongoing maintenance challenges. The most recent violations, particularly those related to heating systems and self-closing doors, are categorized as Class A, B, or C, indicating varying levels of severity under the Housing Maintenance Code.