497 Mcdonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218

The three-story, six-unit New Law tenement building at 497 McDonald Avenue in Kensington, owned by Wei Li and constructed in 1930, has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years. Most concerning are two separate incidents in 2023 involving lack of access for emergency inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) - one related to heat and hot water problems in March and another regarding bathtub/shower plumbing issues in April.

Both complaints were subsequently closed with no resolution recorded, though the HPD recommended filing new complaints if the issues persisted. The building's bedbug reporting history shows a mixed pattern of infestations between 2018 and 2024, with documented cases in 2018, 2019, and most recently in 2021, though none reported in the 2022-2023 period or in the latest 2024 report.

The 2018 incident involved one infested unit and one that required eradication, while the 2019 report documented another infested unit with no eradication noted. The 2021 report indicated one infested unit, but the most recent 2024 report covering the period from November 2022 to October 2023 shows zero infested units and no eradication requirements. Despite this recent lull in infestations, the building's history of access issues during emergency reports, particularly regarding essential services like heat and hot water, suggests potential challenges in maintaining prompt responses to maintenance needs.