452 Grant Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

452 Grant Avenue is a 6-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement building located in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, owned by Taijram Rampersaud and constructed in 1917. The property has experienced several significant issues in recent years, most notably in 2018 when the building was found to be illegally converted to accommodate more families than its legal designation of two families per floor (one on the first floor, two on the second, and two on the third), resulting in two Environmental Control Board violations with penalties totaling $1,875.

During the same period, unauthorized construction work was discovered in the cellar, including full-height partitions, new plumbing installations, and illegal gas work, though this particular violation did not incur a penalty. The building underwent an illegal conversion investigation in late 2018 that concluded with a vacate order being fully rescinded in July 2019. More recently, in June 2020, there was a complaint about unsanitary conditions related to pests, though no violations were found upon inspection.

However, it's worth noting that the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all eight annual reports from 2019 through 2025 showing zero infested or eradicated units. The property has also passed its most recent rodent inspection in 2012. In terms of permitted work, two permits were issued in February 2019 for plumbing and electrical work, though the specific nature of this work is not detailed in the records.