540 Mcdonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218

Located in Kensington, Brooklyn, 540 McDonald Avenue is a 5-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement built in 1930 and currently owned by Mohammed Haque. The building has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water, most notably a documented outage in January 2021 affecting the entire building, which was resolved within two days according to HPD records.

The property has maintained an active record of annual bedbug reporting violations between 2021 and 2024, with inspections in March 2022, March 2023, and April 2024 all citing the same violation related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD rules. However, the most recent bedbug report for the period of November 2023 to October 2024, filed in December 2024, indicates zero infested units, suggesting successful eradication efforts in recent years.

Additional historical data shows a gas utility referral complaint from April 2019, though this was ultimately closed after the inspector was unable to gain access during the second final attempt in June 2019. While the building's violation history suggests some ongoing regulatory compliance challenges, particularly during the early 2020s, the most recent information indicates improvements in pest management reporting and conditions. The property appears to have maintained reasonable response times to service requests, as evidenced by the prompt resolution of the January 2021 heat and hot water issue.