516 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225

516 Kingston Avenue is a 6-story, 5-unit residential building constructed in 2007, currently owned by Barry Hers. The building has experienced several maintenance issues over the past years, with the most significant being water-related problems in late 2018, when both slow and heavy water leaks were reported and investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though no violations were issued in either case. More recent concerns emerged in September 2019 regarding unsanitary conditions related to garbage and recycling storage, which also resulted in HPD inspections but no violations.

The building underwent an inspection in January 2019 that revealed multiple violations requiring attention, including several related to safety compliance, such as the need to post proper notices regarding smoke detector requirements, carbon monoxide device requirements, and gas leak procedures. Additional violations were noted regarding the presence of encumbrances in public halls on the 1st and 5th stories, and specific repair needs in Apartment 6. While these violations were all marked as closed between February and April 2019, there was one notable violation issued in April 2021 regarding the failure to file the annual bedbug report, which was subsequently closed.

The building's maintenance record shows consistent attention to pest control, with bedbug reports filed regularly between 2020 and 2024 indicating zero infested or re-infested units during these periods. Recent Department of Buildings violations from 2019 and 2020 were both resolved and dismissed based on subsequent inspections showing corrected defects. The most recent rodent inspections from 2015 show one failure but a subsequent pass, demonstrating oversight in pest management.