415 Albemarle Road, Brooklyn, NY 11218

The six-story, 68-unit building at 415 Albemarle Road in Kensington, currently owned by Peter Rebenwurzel and constructed in 1941, has experienced several concerning maintenance issues in recent years, particularly in 2025. Most notably, there have been multiple heating and hot water complaints throughout early 2025, with both individual apartment and building-wide issues reported. These complaints often resulted in HPD inspectors being unable to gain access for proper evaluation.

There were also multiple door-related issues reported in 2025 that went similarly uninspected due to access problems. The building had significant apartment-specific violations in 2024 and 2025, particularly affecting apartment 4C, with issues including pest infestations (mice, roaches, bedbugs), broken smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detector problems. Apartment 3K also had violations in 2024 regarding plumbing and safety equipment. The property has shown some historical challenges with maintenance and safety compliance, including a 2024 violation for excessively hot water (over 130 degrees Fahrenheit) in apartment 3K, and various safety equipment violations.

While there have been multiple citations regarding heating systems, the building passed recent rodent inspections in 2025, 2014, and 2012. The elevator system had documented issues in 2022, though no violations were found at the time of inspection. Interestingly, the building's bedbug reporting history shows relatively few infestations in recent years, with none reported in the last three filing periods (2022-2025), though there were minor infestations noted in 2020-2021. The Department of Buildings has issued several violations over the years, though most have been resolved, including issues related to energy use benchmarking that were dismissed upon confirmation of proper filing.