488 East 98th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

488 East 98th Street is a two-story, five-unit New Law tenement building located in Brownsville, constructed in 1930 and currently owned by Haiyan Liu. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with the most recent emergency complaint in late November 2024 and a similar complaint from November 2023 that was reportedly resolved.

There have been multiple pest-related complaints, particularly in 2024, with violations issued in November 2024, though some inspections did not result in violations being recorded. The building has maintained an active bedbug management program, with no reported infestations in the past three reporting periods from 2022 to 2024, as evidenced by their annual Bedbug Reporting submissions.

Several maintenance and safety violations have been documented over the years, most notably a gas utility referral complaint from 2020 and a gas hook-up concern in 2022, both of which were investigated but access was denied. A comprehensive inspection in May 2019 revealed multiple issues in apartment 2F, including problems with self-closing doors, window repairs, and a mice infestation violation, though these appear to have been addressed by July 2023 based on subsequent certification dates. The building received violations for not filing annual bedbug reports in 2019 through 2021, which have since been rectified, and there were several safety notice requirements related to smoke detectors and heating system access that were addressed and certified as corrected in mid-2023.