523 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225

523 Kingston Avenue is a 3-story, 6-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Ariana Deroche. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past decade, most notably a heat and hot water outage in November 2018 that required intervention by both the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Housing Maintenance Code, though these services were reportedly restored within a few days.

Multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations have been recorded between 2018-2023, including three separate instances in 2021-2023 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, which are classification A violations, and two B-class violations from November 2018 concerning non-self-closing entrance doors that were subsequently certified as corrected in January 2019. More recently, the building underwent scrutiny for gas utility issues in 2022, resulting in two Environmental Control Board violations related to unpermitted gas piping installation and code violations in the cellar area for the first-floor apartment, though these were eventually resolved with no penalties imposed.

However, the most recent bedbug reports for the periods ending October 2023 and October 2022 show zero infestation cases, indicating successful management of this issue in recent years. The building's rodent inspection history shows rat activity in November 2009, though a compliance inspection in January 2010 resulted in a passing grade, suggesting that this issue was addressed at that time. While the building has faced several maintenance challenges over the years, recent records indicate proper compliance with bedbug reporting requirements and timely resolution of violations when they occur.