8614 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209

The property at 8614 5th Avenue in Fort Hamilton is a 4-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement building constructed in 1925 and currently owned by Michael Afanasyev. The building has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water availability, particularly evident in multiple complaints throughout late 2022 to early 2023, though many of these complaints were closed without inspections due to lack of access.

More recent concerns include food establishment issues in 2025 and late 2023, though these complaints were officially closed by the Department of Health. The building has also faced challenges with building safety requirements, as indicated by multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations in 2023 relating to emergency notices, including carbon monoxide detector requirements, gas leak procedures, and various other safety postings that were subsequently certified as corrected in April 2023. The Department of Buildings has active violations from 2023 and 2020 regarding external low-pressure inspection and work orders, respectively, with recent inspections in 2024 showing an outstanding violation for failure to file required annual documentation.

However, the building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections, with inspections in 2018-2023 showing no violations. The annual bedbug reporting for 2022-2023 indicates no infestation cases, while previous years (2020-2021 and 2019-2020) also reported zero infested units. While the building has successfully addressed numerous safety and maintenance issues, the pattern of heat/hot water complaints, along with some recent active violations, suggests ongoing maintenance challenges requiring continued attention.