524 Mcdonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218

The 5-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement building at 524 McDonald Avenue in Kensington, owned by Mohammed Hashem, has a significant history of maintenance issues and violations since 2022. Most notably, there was a series of heat and hot water outages affecting the entire building in late 2024, with multiple emergency complaints registered between October 28 and November 9, 2024.

More recent concerns include an unresolved ceiling paint/plaster issue as of May 2025, and the building has active violations related to failure to maintain external pressure systems (2018-2023). The property has experienced recurring sanitary issues, with mold and pest complaints in late 2023, though some of these inspections resulted in no violations being issued. The building's violation history reveals several significant safety concerns, including open violations related to the self-closing doors in the first-story vestibule (November 2024) and the need to remove encumbrances blocking hallways on multiple floors (November 2024).

Two active ECB violations from 2022 remain concerning, one regarding occupancy issues and another related to failure to file a certificate of correction. The building's heat and hot water system has shown persistent problems, as evidenced by multiple emergency complaints, and there are ongoing questions about the building's compliance with inspection requirements, as indicated by the numerous active violations for failing to file external low pressure inspections from 2018-2023. A bedbug report filed in 2023 showed no active infestations during the reporting period of November 2021 - October 2022, suggesting temporary issues.