549 Shepherd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

549 Shepherd Avenue is a two-story, three-unit residential building located in East New York, built in 1901 and currently owned by Naomi Chatteram. The building's most significant and concerning issues emerged during 2021, when it experienced multiple emergencies related to essential services, including four documented power outages between January and April 2021, along with heat and hot water problems in January and February 2021.

These service interruptions, which were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), typically resulted in the restoration of services, though some inspections could not gain access to verify conditions. The building currently has open violations from 2021 through 2024 regarding the failure to file required annual bedbug reports, though an initial rodent inspection from 2012 showed compliance with a passing result. The property underwent emergency electrical wiring inspections and saw multiple 311 service requests related to its electrical system during 2021, all of which were closed without violations.

A flooring and stairs issue was reported and addressed within the same time period. More recently, in July 2020, a permit was issued for work classified under Electrical Work (EW), with job number 340745297, though specific details of this work are not provided in the available data. The relative peace since 2021, with no reported service interruptions or new violations, could indicate improved conditions, but the persistence of the bedbug report violation through 2024 suggests ongoing administrative compliance issues.