5215 New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219

The four-story, eight-unit New Law Tenement at 5215 New Utrecht Avenue in Borough Park, owned by Usher Steinmetz, has a significant pattern of maintenance violations, particularly regarding regulatory compliance rather than immediate resident health or safety issues. Most notably, there are active violations for failing to file the required external low-pressure inspection reports for seven consecutive years from 2018 through 2024, including a recent violation issued in September 2024 that remains open.

Additionally, there is one recent Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violation from April 2024 related to the annual bedbug reporting requirement, though this violation appears somewhat procedural given the building's documented bedbug status. Importantly, the building's bedbug reporting history shows no actual infestations or related incidents over the past five reporting periods from 2019 through 2024, with each report indicating zero infested units and no eradication or re-infestation cases.

This suggests effective pest management practices, despite the technical violation regarding the annual report filing. The building's oldest active violation, dating back to January 2020, concerns a missing 2017 boiler inspection report, which remains unresolved as of the current date. While the pattern of unfiled inspections and violations is concerning from a regulatory compliance perspective, the absence of any documented resident complaints or health/safety issues is notable.