863 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

863 Flatbush Avenue is a 4-story, 6-unit residential tenement building constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Abdulla Almansoop. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues over the past several years, with the most notable clusters of problems occurring in early 2022, when multiple complaints were filed regarding heat and hot water outages (though these were reportedly resolved quickly), unsanitary conditions, and missing signage. While all of these complaints were investigated by HPD and closed without violations, they indicate some maintenance challenges.

More serious concerns emerged in late 2018 during an inspection that revealed multiple safety violations, including defective fire escape equipment, missing balusters on a third-story banister, a broken marble tread in the first story, and inadequate smoke detector notices. The building has also faced recurring issues with its annual bedbug reporting requirements, with violations issued in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, though subsequent filings show zero cases of infestation or eradication efforts. Recent inspections and complaints have shown some continuity in maintenance concerns, with active violations for failure to file annual boiler (2017) and external low-pressure (2018) inspection reports as of 2023.

The Department of Buildings conducted inspections in 2020 related to building stability concerns, which were eventually resolved, as well as a special operations compliance inspection that found no violations. All previous Housing Maintenance Code violations have been closed, and the building's most recent bedbug reports from 2024 show no evidence of infestation during the 2022-2023 period, suggesting improved compliance with reporting requirements. The building's maintenance record shows a pattern of addressing issues promptly when they arise, though the frequency of violations and complaints suggests ongoing challenges with building systems and safety compliance that have persisted over multiple years.