189 East 96th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

The two-story, four-unit tenement at 189 East 96th Street in East Flatbush, owned by Wendy Haynes and constructed in 1931, has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues in recent years. Most notably, the building currently has an active Housing Maintenance Code violation from April 2024 regarding the failure to file the required annual bedbug report, which represents an ongoing non-compliance issue as similar violations were recorded in 2023, 2022, and 2021, though those previous violations were marked as closed.

The building's bedbug reporting history shows no actual infestations reported between 2019-2022, with the last two filings (2021 and 2023) indicating zero infested or eradicated units. More recently, the property has faced structural maintenance challenges, including an Environmental Control Board violation from November 2023 for failure to maintain the building in a code-compliant manner, specifically citing problems with a deteriorated and broken leader pipe with large holes on the building's second floor roof level on the exposure 2 side.

This violation carries an imposed penalty of $500, which appears to be settled based on the balance due information. Additionally, there was a complaint regarding water retention and improper drainage filed in August 2023, which was closed in November 2023 with an "Oath Violation Served" disposition. These more recent and structural issues, along with the persistent bedbug report compliance failures, suggest ongoing maintenance challenges for the property as of mid-2025.