6917 14th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228

The three-story, six-unit residential building at 6917 14th Avenue in Bensonhurst, owned by John Bennardo and constructed in 1926 as a New Law Tenement, has experienced several notable incidents over the past three years. Most recently, in July 2023, there was a power outage that resulted in a complaint to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though no violations were found upon inspection.

In August 2021, there were complaints regarding unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage, but inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. That same month, two violations were documented and subsequently resolved by September 2021 - one involving bicycle encumbrances in the second-story public hall, and another regarding an air conditioner obstruction of fire escape egress on the second and third-story balconies protruding more than the permitted four inches beyond the window sill.

The building's maintenance record shows consistent attention to pest control, with comprehensive bedbug reporting between 2019 and 2024 indicating no infestations or eradication efforts required during this period. Specifically, reports from December 2020 through December 2024 (covering annual periods from November to October) show a consistent pattern of zero infested dwelling units, zero units requiring eradication, and no instances of re-infestation. This suggests effective ongoing pest management practices have been maintained over the past several years, with no new violations or significant resident complaints emerging in the most recent years.