1702 78th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214

1702 78th Street is a 3-story, 4-unit New Law Tenement building in Bensonhurst, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Lucy Crociata. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, most notably a heat and hot water emergency in November 2024 that affected the entire building, though these services were restored prior to the official inspection. Following an inspection on November 15, 2024, the building received four violations requiring attention: repair of defective wood balusters on the 2nd-floor public hall, installation of a proper security lock for the front entrance to address power outage concerns, posting of gas leak emergency procedures, and display of housing information guide notices in both English and Spanish.

These violations were certified as corrected between late December 2024 and early January 2025. The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with consistent reporting of zero infested or eradicated units over the past four reporting periods from 2021 to 2024. A Housing Maintenance Code violation from February 2022 regarding the filing of an annual bedbug report was noted but not indicated as resolved in the available data.

The only other recorded complaint against the property was related to a storefront issue outside the building's jurisdiction in 2028, which was found unwarranted upon inspection in 2021. The building has demonstrated generally good rodent control, having passed an initial inspection in 2011 with no subsequent rodent-related issues reported. The most recent mobile food vendor complaint recorded in June 2023 was outside the building's direct impact area.