443 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220

The three-story, six-unit New Law tenement building at 443 68th Street in Bay Ridge, owned by Eneid Nikolla and dating back to 1918, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past five years, with the most common problems relating to heating and hot water systems. Since 2020, there have been four documented complaints about heat and hot water problems, with three of these classified as emergencies.

The most recent heat-related issue occurred in February 2024, affecting an individual apartment, while earlier problems in 2020 involved the entire building. Other significant maintenance concerns include plumbing issues (January 2023) and electrical wiring problems (October 2022), both classified as emergencies, though no violations were issued for the plumbing incident.

The building has remained generally free of more serious issues, with no recorded bedbug infestation cases in the past four reporting periods (2020-2024) and two bedbug report violations noted in 2021 and 2023, which appear to have been resolved based on subsequent compliance. A Department of Buildings complaint from 2019 was closed due to inspector access issues. While the building has a history of heating and hot water system challenges, particularly affecting resident comfort during winter months, most recent complaints have been addressed promptly by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, though some complaints required follow-up reporting by tenants.