524 East 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 524 East 7th Street in Kensington, owned by Valerie Einhorn and constructed in 1965, has experienced several notable maintenance and safety issues in recent years. The most recent housing maintenance code violations from April 2024 involved problems with door hardware, including defective hinges at the street entrance and issues with self-closing doors, particularly affecting the third-floor entrance.

Earlier violations in 2022 highlighted multiple safety concerns, including the need for proper carbon monoxide detector notifications, gas leak procedure postings, and the removal of encumbrances from public stairs on both the first and third stories. The building has demonstrated consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements between 2021 and 2024, with no reported infestations or eradications during this period.

There have been two rodent inspections (January 2020 and January 2021) that both resulted in passing grades, as well as a rat sighting complaint in December 2020 that did not result in any violations. The building's common areas have faced ongoing challenges with unauthorized items obstructing access, as evidenced by multiple violations regarding encumbered public stairs throughout the documented period. A recent Department of Buildings complaint from November 2024 regarding a permit issue was marked as closed in January 2025 when the inspector was unable to gain access on the second final attempt.