516 Crescent Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 516 Crescent Street in East New York, owned by Ismene Speliotis, has experienced several concerning maintenance issues since its construction in 2014. Most recently, in mid-2025, there were multiple consecutive emergency complaints regarding heat and hot water issues affecting the entire building, suggesting a potentially serious and persistent heating system problem.

In July 2024, there was a Department of Health complaint regarding sewage odor affecting indoor air quality. The building has also experienced moisture-related problems, with Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) responding to complaints about heavy water leaks and mold in August 2023, though no violations were issued following their investigation of these incidents. The building's maintenance history reveals recurring concerns about heating systems, particularly during the 2018 inspection when multiple violations were issued regarding inadequate heat supply and access to the heating system from the first-floor public hall, though these were marked as closed violations.

The property has maintained a consistent record of filing bedbug reports between 2020 and 2024, with no reported infestations in any of the filings covering multiple years. While the building passed several rodent inspections in 2012, there were multiple failures noted during 2011-2016 inspections, indicating previous pest control challenges. Despite these various maintenance issues, most complaints have been investigated and closed without resulting in formal violations, though the recent heat and hot water complaints in 2025 suggest ongoing system reliability concerns.