4501 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203

The three-story, five-unit residential building at 4501 Church Avenue in East Flatbush, owned by Shraga Kritzler, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years, with the most critical being a heat and hot water outage in April 2025 that required HPD intervention, though services were reportedly restored during the inspection. The building has persistent open violations related to annual bedbug report filings under Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) requirements, with these violations remaining unaddressed from 2021 through 2024 inspections, representing an ongoing regulatory compliance issue.

In 2024, there were multiple food-related complaints investigated by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) between March and June, including cases of spoiled and contaminated food, food worker activity concerns, and a food poisoning incident, though these were generally addressed or referred to appropriate authorities. The only other notable service request in recent history was related to a mobile food vendor permit issue in 2022, which was also resolved.

The building's documented problems suggest emerging patterns of both heating system reliability issues and regulatory compliance challenges, particularly regarding pest management documentation, though many of the documented service requests and violations have been addressed through proper channels. While the property appears to have met some basic requirements through various closures of complaints, the persistence of open bedbug report filing violations suggests this requirement has not been regularly fulfilled, representing a notable inconsistency in adherence to housing maintenance regulations over the past several years.