164 East 96th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

164 East 96th Street is a 2-story, 4-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1930 and currently owned by Winsome Black-turner. The property has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past several years, with the most recent concerns centering around bedbug reporting compliance.

The building's housing maintenance violations history shows repeated failures to submit annual bedbug reports to HPD, with violations recorded in both 2023 and 2024, though recent filings indicate no current infestations (as of July 2024, with 0 infested units and no eradicated units). Between 2022 and 2023, the building underwent various repairs and improvements, addressing several safety-related issues including roofing access, stairway conditions, door operations, and electrical safety. Significant maintenance work was completed during this period, including the repair of broken stairs leading to the roof bulkhead, replacement of defective self-closing doors, removal of an illegal exterior key-operated lock at the roof bulkhead door, and installation of an approved screen below the skylight.

The building also underwent electrical safety improvements, including the abatement of unsafe wiring conditions involving exposed extension cables in the front yard. While many violations have been properly addressed and closed out, the pattern of bedbug reporting violations suggests ongoing administrative oversight challenges. The most recent bedbug report (July 2024) shows no current infestations, though there was a period in 2022-2023 with 4 previously infested but now eradicated units, marking the only documented infestations in the past six reporting periods, which began in 2019 and showed consistently zero infested units until this occurrence.