1776 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

1776 Nostrand Avenue, a two-family house built in 1910 in East Flatbush, has had several significant incidents in recent years, with the most pressing issues occurring in late 2019, when multiple complaints were filed regarding heat and hot water outages affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. During this period, tenants reported problems with both heat/hot water and electrical/gas range appliances, though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) were often unable to gain access to verify these conditions.

The building experienced a critical situation in December 2019 when a "Full Vacate Order" was issued due to concerns about building stability. More recent issues include several active Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations from 2022 related to unauthorized construction work and the tampering of official vacate notices, with substantial penalties totaling $20,000 in fines.

The Department of Buildings (DOB) has issued multiple violations between 2022 and 2024 for failure to maintain proper external low-pressure inspection records, with the most recent violation dated September 2024. The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of heating system issues, with six distinct complaints regarding heat and hot water problems in November 2019 alone, while inspections related to construction enforcement in 2020 recorded multiple instances where violations were not warranted upon inspection. The property owner, Evener Leon, currently faces four active ECB violations from 2022 involving unauthorized work and failure to maintain proper permits, with associated fines totaling $20,000.