5401 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219

5401 13th Avenue is a 3-story, 4-unit residential building located in Borough Park, built in 1931 and currently owned by Menachem Muschel. The property has experienced persistent bedbug reporting compliance issues over the past four years, with open violations from 2021 to 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by Housing Maintenance Code.

Additionally, the building has multiple active violations regarding external low-pressure inspection filings from 2018 through 2024, and a boiler inspection violation from 2017, indicating ongoing maintenance compliance issues. The building has a documented history of pest-related concerns, particularly in 2019, when multiple food establishment complaints were filed with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene regarding various issues including rodent problems, food contamination, and foreign objects in food, all of which were eventually closed after administrative resolution.

Most recently, in May 2025, the building failed a rodent inspection for unspecified reasons, though it had previously passed a similar inspection in March 2023. The property has also experienced some operational challenges, as evidenced by two Department of Buildings complaints in 2019 and 2022, one of which resulted from an inspector's inability to gain access. While the building shows some periods of compliance, particularly in recent health inspections, the persistence of various open violations suggests ongoing challenges with maintaining regulatory standards across different departments.