1053 50th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219

The three-story, six-unit residential building at 1053 50th Street in Borough Park, owned by Joel Gross, has experienced several notable issues in recent years. Most concerning was a building-wide heat and hot water outage reported in January 2023, though this was resolved within a day according to HPD.

Since early 2023, the building has had multiple open Housing Maintenance Code violations, including two related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports (April 2023 and April 2024), a Class C violation regarding defective self-closing doors at the public hall entrance (January 2023), and several Class A violations concerning required safety notices about carbon monoxide detectors and other important information that remain unaddressed as of now. The building's maintenance record shows persistent issues with both internal and external conditions.

In 2023, multiple violations were recorded for the first and third-story public halls, including problems with encumbrances (household items, boxes, bikes), broken brick and mortar joints at the parapet wall, and various door-related issues that affect building security. The Department of Buildings has active violations from 2023 for failure to file external low-pressure inspections for both 2020 and 2022, though a June 2024 complaint about site conditions endangering workers was inspected and found to have no violations at that time. While the building's last documented bedbug report from 2021 showed zero reported infestations, the open violations regarding bedbug reporting requirements suggest potential ongoing monitoring needs.