1271 51st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219

This three-story, three-unit residential building located at 1271 51st Street in Borough Park, owned by Ervin Rubinstein, has a concerning pattern of housing maintenance code violations over recent years. Most notably, there is an ongoing issue with the building's annual bedbug report filing, with violations remaining open as of April 2024 and previously noted in March 2023, February 2022, and April 2021.

The building has also faced several other maintenance violations, including an open violation from October 2023 regarding improper installation of a kitchen outlet in the third-floor apartment (which had been closed by November 2023), and an open violation from the same inspection related to the improper display of a required certificate of inspection near the first-story mailbox. Additionally, there was a mold-related issue in the bathroom of the third-floor apartment documented in September 2019, which was subsequently resolved. The building's violation history shows a pattern of regulatory non-compliance, particularly regarding bedbug reporting requirements, which have remained unresolved for multiple consecutive years.

While there was one complaint regarding unauthorized work in 2023, this was investigated and found to have no warrant for violation. The only permit on record for the property, issued in February 2020, was in relation to emergency work. Given the repeated nature of the bedbug report violations and other maintenance issues, there appears to be ongoing challenges with building maintenance compliance.