542 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209

The 6-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement building at 542 Ovington Avenue in Bay Ridge, owned by John Gentile and constructed in 1931, has experienced recurring electrical issues in recent months, with four separate lighting complaints filed between March and April 2025, all of which were closed due to HPD inspectors being unable to gain access for inspection. These complaints were categorized as both "No Lighting" and "Lighting" issues.

The building has two active violations with the Department of Buildings, one from 2019 for failure to file the annual boiler inspection and another from 2023 regarding a similar oversight for the 2018 external low-pressure inspection. The property has a consistent record of timely bedbug reporting compliance since 2019, with all annual reports indicating zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units in the previous four reporting periods, including the most recent filing period of November 2023 to October 2024.

Prior to the recent electrical complaints, the building had documented issues with entranceway lighting, as evidenced by a 2019 violation under §27-2040 of the Administrative Code requiring adequate lighting at the front entranceway. While there were three bedbug-related violations issued between 2019 and 2024 for failure to file annual reports, these were subsequently closed, and the building's recent bedbug reporting history shows no infestations in the past five reporting periods, suggesting effective pest management practices.