87 East 31st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11226

The three-story, six-unit residential building at 87 East 31st Street in East Flatbush, owned by Ephraim Elazary, has experienced several maintenance and safety issues since 2021, with the most recent concerns emerging in 2024-2025. Currently, there are several open violations regarding building maintenance, including a requirement to properly repair broken or defective brick and mortar joints at the front parapet wall (3rd story) from May 2024, and an open violation from April 2024 requiring the filing of annual bedbug reports according to HPD rules.

The building has also accumulated multiple active violations with the Department of Buildings related to failures to file external low pressure inspections from 2018-2023. Recent complaints indicate ongoing concerns with pest infestations, as evidenced by two separate unsanitary condition complaints in April 2024, though inspectors were unable to gain access to verify the conditions. The building has previously faced issues with heat and hot water in November 2023, and multiple maintenance concerns in 2022 related to plumbing (including toilet and sink problems), general maintenance (cabinets), and pest issues, with inspectors often unable to gain access for verification.

In March 2025, several emergency complaints were addressed, including issues with doors, window guards, and safety concerns, though all were marked as closed. The building's history also includes two illegal conversion complaints, one currently active as of 2025 and another from 2019 that was closed due to denied access. The property has maintained a record of bedbug inspections showing no reported infestations in 2021-2022 and 2020-2021, with no units requiring eradication or re-infestation during those periods.