2060 78th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The property at 2060 78th Street in Bensonhurst is a 2-story, 4-unit residential building constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Sheldon Papelow. The building has experienced recurring issues with bees/wasps, with three documented complaints to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene between 2019 and 2021, and the most recent two complaints from 2020 and 2021 still listed as "In Progress." A noteworthy cluster of housing maintenance code violations was recorded in March 2021, including open violations related to safety notice requirements for carbon monoxide detectors, gas leak procedures, and smoke detector requirements, along with a requirement to provide a completed certificate of inspection visits near mailboxes.

These violations also encompassed a need to remove encumbrances in the public hall area on the first story, though this particular violation was eventually certified as resolved in May 2021. The building's bedbug reporting history shows consistent compliance with reporting requirements, with all three annual reports (for the periods 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022) indicating zero infested dwelling units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units.

Most concerning is a recent April 2024 violation regarding the failure to file the annual bedbug report, which remains open as of this date. The property has also experienced ongoing challenges with maintenance requirements, as evidenced by multiple open violations from 2021 that relate to the posting and maintenance of important safety notices in common areas. While the building has generally maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements in previous years, the most recent violation regarding the 2024 bedbug report and the outstanding violations from 2021 raise some concerns about current management responsiveness to regulatory requirements.