971 70th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11228

This two-family house located at 971 70th Street in Dyker Heights, owned by Baolan Chen, has been subject to recurring concerns about illegal conversions between 2019 and 2021. During this period, four separate complaints were filed regarding suspected unauthorized modifications to the property, with complaint numbers 3710328, 3744982, 3791909, and 3806251.

Notably, all but one of these complaints resulted in inspections where inspectors were unable to gain access to the property during their second final attempts, though one inspection in August 2019 found no violations at the time of inspection. The most recent complaint from July 2021 remained open as of that date.

On a positive note, the Department of Buildings records show that three permits were issued in March and June of 2019 under job number 321910651, covering both electrical (EW) and plumbing (PL) work, suggesting that some legitimate improvements or maintenance work was carried out during that period. The two-family house, which was constructed in 1901, stands two stories tall and has a total of two residential units. While the permit records indicate some authorized work was done in 2019, the pattern of illegal conversion complaints and access issues during inspections raises questions about the building's compliance with current occupancy regulations.