1135 42nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219

The two-story, three-unit New Law tenement building at 1135 42nd Street in Borough Park, owned by Yosef Mendlovitz, has been standing since 1930 and has experienced several notable events in recent years, with the most significant cluster of issues occurring in May 2022. During that month, multiple complaints were filed regarding housing conditions, including concerns about mold (unsanitary condition), bathtub/shower plumbing problems, and issues with both ceiling and wall paint/plaster.

These complaints generated emergency responses from the Housing Maintenance Code division, though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development found no violations, and all related service requests were subsequently closed. The building's maintenance history also shows two "A" class violations in 2021 and 2022 regarding the failure to file the annual bedbug report, though these violations were closed.

However, it's worth noting that the property has maintained a clean bedbug record in recent years, with all five annual reports filed between 2021 and 2025 showing zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units. The most recent bedbug report, filed in March 2025 for the period ending October 2024, confirms this continued absence of infestations. While the 2022 complaints indicated some maintenance issues, the prompt responses and resolution without violations, combined with the building's impeccable bedbug record, suggest that the most significant historical maintenance issues have been addressed.