314 Bay Ridge Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220

314 Bay Ridge Avenue is a three-story, five-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Feliciano Garay. The building has a concerning pattern of recurring issues over the past several years, with the most significant being repeated complaints about inadequate heat and hot water, including a March 2025 emergency complaint that was closed without inspection access.

The property has also faced multiple accessibility issues for HPD inspectors, as seen in 2024 complaints regarding intercom systems, plumbing, and appliance problems, as well as pest-related concerns in September 2023. More recently, two open violations from September 2024 involve fire escape egress obstruction due to air conditioners on both the second and third stories, while earlier violations from 2022 through 2024 regarding bedbug reporting compliance remain open. The building's history includes a period of unauthorized commercial use, with three ECB violations in 2019 related to an unpermitted adult physical culture establishment and massage parlor operation on the first floor, though these were subsequently resolved.

A separate but concerning incident from 2020 involved two heat/hot water complaints in March, one of which was resolved shortly after inspection. The property has maintained its bedbug reporting records consistently, with no reported infestations between 2019-2020 according to the April 2021 filings, though there is presently an open violation regarding annual bedbug report filing requirements. While regular maintenance issues have been documented through 311 and HPD complaints, the building's persistent problems with heat and access for inspections, particularly in emergency situations, raise ongoing habitability concerns.