2251 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

The three-story, four-unit residential building at 2251 Church Avenue in Flatbush, owned by Emil Perez, has experienced several significant incidents since 2019, with the most pressing concerns relating to building systems and food safety. In December 2019, the building faced a critical situation with no heat and hot water affecting the entire structure, which required intervention from both HPD and the Department of Buildings, revealing additional boiler-related issues including defective equipment, inadequate ventilation, and various safety concerns in the boiler room that resulted in an active Environmental Control Board violation.

While heat and hot water were reportedly restored, this incident marked a notable disruption to basic building services. More recent history shows recurring issues with food safety, particularly involving local food establishments, with two documented cases of foreign objects in food (2020 and 2023) and one instance of contaminated food (2025), though these were not directly related to the residential building itself.

The building's management has consistently filed timely bedbug reports from 2020 to 2024, demonstrating compliance with NYC's bedbug reporting requirements, and notably, all reports for the past four years (2021-2024) show zero incidents of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation, suggesting effective pest management practices. Additionally, a 2021 Housing Maintenance Code violation was issued regarding the failure to file an annual bedbug report, though this may have been an administrative oversight given the subsequent consistent filings. While the building has had multiple building system issues in the past, particularly in 2019, the absence of similar complaints in recent years could indicate improved maintenance, though the active ECB violation from 2019 regarding the boiler room conditions remains a historical concern.