402 East 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203

The 16-unit, 4-story tenement building at 402 East 48th Street in East Flatbush, owned by Esther George, has a mixed maintenance history since its construction in 1920. The most significant recent issues occurred in 2021, when the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) responded to complaints of unsanitary conditions, including both mold and pest problems in June, and conducted inspections that revealed multiple violations in September.

These violations included defective carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, an infestation of mice in apartment B1, and various maintenance issues such as broken bathroom tiles and damaged floors in the kitchen. The HPD addressed these violations, with the carbon monoxide and smoke detector issues being certified as corrected in February 2024. Earlier, in October 2019, the building experienced an emergency heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building, though tenants reported that service was restored quickly.

There have been no reported bedbug infestations in the building between 2019 and 2025, with regular reporting showing zero infested units and no eradication or re-infestation cases. More recently, the building's conditions seem to have stabilized, with no significant complaints or violations recorded in the past two years, and the absence of any bedbug infestations in the most recent reporting period (2024-2025). The building's maintenance record suggests a period of significant issues in 2021, particularly affecting apartment B1, but with these problems having been addressed and no recurring patterns observed in recent years.