5524 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219

The three-story, four-unit New Law Tenement building at 5524 13th Avenue in Borough Park, owned by Ben Zucker and constructed in 1931, has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues over the past few years. Most prominently, there have been three Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2021 and 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports with HPD, though these violations were subsequently closed.

The building has also had multiple Department of Buildings complaints regarding work done without proper permits in occupied multiple dwelling units, with the most recent occurring in January 2025, resulting in Oath Violation Orders. An important structural concern emerged in early 2024 when an Environmental Control Board violation was issued related to the building's masonry facade wall at 1271 56th Street, which reportedly exhibited diagonal step cracks at multiple locations with outward leaning towards the street, affecting a 15-foot height section.

This violation carried a $2,500 penalty, which remains unpaid as of the latest records. In terms of pest management, the building has maintained a consistent record of zero bedbug infestations over the past four reporting periods from 2019 through 2025, with all recent filings showing no infested, eradicated, or re-infested dwelling units. The most recent bedbug report from May 2025 indicates the same pattern of no infestations during the 2023-2024 reporting period, suggesting effective pest management practices despite the earlier reporting violations.