150 East 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203

The 3-story, 6-unit residential building at 150 East 55th Street, owned by Shea Sigal, has experienced significant maintenance and safety issues over the past few years. Most notably, between April and May 2025, there were multiple emergency complaints regarding heat/hot water (both building-wide and apartment-specific), power outages, cooking gas issues, floor problems, and pest infestations.

The building has open violations from a December 2024 inspection, including inadequate heat supply in apartment 3F, locked boiler room access issues, and pest infestations in apartment 1R, among others. Since 2023, there have been repeated concerns about egress obstruction and fire safety, with multiple gas utility referrals and two active Environmental Control Board violations (issued in 2023) related to blocked egress pathways and combustible materials, along with unpaid penalties totaling $6,562. The property shows a concerning pattern of unresolved infrastructure and safety issues, including multiple active violations for failure to conduct required low-pressure inspections between 2018-2023, as well as a 2019 violation for not filing the annual boiler inspection report.

While the building has had regular rodent inspections, with the most recent passing in July 2024, there have been multiple pest control issues documented, particularly in 2024, when violations were issued for both roach and mouse infestations in different apartments. Bedbug reports from 2019-2022 indicated no infestations during those periods. The aggregation of these issues suggests ongoing challenges with building maintenance and safety compliance, particularly affecting basic utilities and emergency systems.