5 Stratford Road, Brooklyn, NY 11218

5 Stratford Road is a 4-story, 16-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Caton/stratford Owners Corp. The building has faced several maintenance challenges in recent years, with the most pressing issues emerging in June 2025, when multiple violations were documented, including problems with doors/windows, plumbing, wall conditions, and pest infestations.

These recent violations, though inspected, have been allowed time for the property owner to address before further legal action can be pursued by tenants. The building has a concerning history of building safety concerns, including open violations from August 2022 regarding bathroom window sashes and fire escape door locks in Apartment 5, as well as multiple violations from September 2021 in Apartment 11 related to defective plastered surfaces, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and a cockroach infestation.

More recent developments show ongoing regulatory scrutiny, with active Department of Buildings violations as of June 2023 for failure to file external low pressure inspections for 2020 and 2021, though a similar violation from April 2022 was dismissed in June 2023. The building's management faced an Oath violation in December 2022 regarding construction work beyond approved plans/permits, resulting in a $6,250 penalty that remains active. These persistent maintenance issues, combined with recent violations, suggest ongoing challenges with property upkeep, though it's worth noting that the building has consistently reported zero bedbug infestations in annual filings since 2018, indicating effective pest management in this regard.