126 Grant Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

The 20-unit, 4-story building at 126 Grant Avenue in Cypress Hills, owned by Parveen Chopra, has experienced numerous maintenance and safety issues in recent years, particularly throughout 2025. Most concerning are recurring problems with electrical systems, including multiple incidents of inadequate lighting, malfunctioning outlets, and safety concerns regarding smoke detectors between April and June 2025, several of which resulted in HPD violations.

The building has also faced persistent heat and hot water issues, with several complaints in 2025 requiring inspections and resulting in violations. More troubling is the presence of active housing maintenance code violations from a December 2024 inspection of apartment 2A, including reports of rodent infestations (mice and roaches), plumbing issues with waste lines in both the kitchen and bathroom, a broken wooden wall cabinet, and a locked boiler room access problem, though some of these violations had been marked as closed prior to the most recent inspection. The building's infrastructure appears to be facing significant challenges, as evidenced by a December 2021 complaint regarding structural stability, building shaking, and sloped floors, which resulted in an ECB violation.

There have been recurring issues with access during inspections, suggesting potential concerns with unit access protocols. While there is no recent record of bedbug infestation (report filed in 2024 showed zero units affected), the building's maintenance history shows a mixed pattern of compliance with rodent control requirements, with some failures recorded between 2012-2018, though more recent inspections in 2023 showed passing results. The property has multiple active DOB violations regarding various inspections that were not filed properly in recent years, including for annual boiler inspections and external low pressure inspection requirements from 2019 and 2023, respectively.