519 East 96th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

The 2-story, 4-unit New Law Tenement building at 519 East 96th Street in East Flatbush, owned by Beverly Blair and built in 1920, has experienced a recurring pattern of heating and hot water issues during the 2025 winter months, with eight separate complaints registered between November 2024 and April 2025. While many of these complaints were resolved promptly, with heat and hot water reportedly restored before inspections could be completed, the frequency of these incidents suggests an ongoing maintenance challenge.

Most recently, there was a smoke detector safety complaint in April 2025 that HPD inspectors were unable to gain access to investigate. The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all four annual Bedbug Reporting filings (for the periods ending 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in May 2024) showing zero infested units, zero units requiring eradication, and zero cases of re-infestation.

There are four recorded Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2021 through 2024 indicating failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these appear to have been administrative in nature rather than indicating an active infestation problem. While the building's heat and hot water issues represent the most significant pattern of complaints in recent years, the lack of bedbug infestations and relatively prompt resolution of most other complaints suggests some level of responsive management.