549 Mcdonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218

The three-story, six-unit building at 549 McDonald Avenue in Kensington, owned by Artemis Lekakis, has experienced several notable maintenance issues since 2018, particularly concerning safety features and pest control. Most recently, in April 2025, a rodent-related complaint was filed but was investigated by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene without resulting in any violations; this followed an earlier rodent inspection in May 2025 that the building passed.

Between 2018 and 2020, the building faced multiple safety concerns, including multiple emergency complaints regarding broken window guards in 2019, particularly affecting units 1R, 2F, and 3R. There were also significant plumbing issues in February 2020 and several unsanitary conditions complaints, including pest-related problems.

The building's record shows consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2019 through 2024, with zero reported infestations or eradications in any dwelling units. Violation notices from March 2019 indicated various safety and maintenance issues that were subsequently resolved, including problems with self-closing doors at public hall stairs and the need for proper window guards throughout public areas. The property has shown improvement in recent years, with the most recent bedbug report (2024-2025) showing no infestations, and current building permits from 2018 and 2020 indicate some infrastructure maintenance work was performed, though specific details of these permits are not provided in the available data.