479 Vandalia Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11239

The 4-story, 8-unit residential building at 479 Vandalia Avenue in East New York, owned by Kirk Goodrich, was constructed in 2018 and has experienced several notable maintenance issues over its relatively short history. Most recently, in March 2024, there were complaints regarding both a refrigerator malfunction and wall conditions requiring attention, with violations subsequently issued in September 2024 specifically for apartment 4B. This unit also received citations for a roach infestation that same month.

The building had significant heat and hot water system problems in late 2021 and early 2022, with multiple emergency complaints from December 2021 through January 2022, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. Preceding these issues, there were concerns about garbage/recycling storage in 2020 and 2022, though inspections in these cases found no violations. The property has maintained a record of compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with the latest June 2025 filing showing zero infested or eradicated units for the 2023-2024 period.

Earlier bedbug report filings from 2022-2024 also indicated no infestation issues. The building's construction history includes proper permit documentation, with several permits issued between November 2018 and January 2019 for new building and related work. A sustainability enforcement complaint from 2019 was resolved with no violations noted. While the building has demonstrated compliance with recent bedbug reporting requirements and obtained necessary permits, the documented pattern of maintenance issues, particularly regarding heat and hot water systems, suggests past challenges with building systems and interior conditions, though many of these issues appear to have been addressed through HPD inspections and violations corrections.