1652 81st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The three-family residential building at 1652 81st Street in Bensonhurst, owned by Tong Sing Lee, has experienced several notable events since its construction in 1935. The most significant recent incident occurred in April 2021 when the entire building underwent a heat and hot water outage, prompting emergency complaints to the Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) department. Fortunately, within a day of the complaint, it was reported that the heat and hot water had been restored.

Since this incident, there have been no recorded heating issues. The building has also been subject to four Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2021 and 2024, all related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD rules, though these violations were ultimately closed. In terms of bedbug management, the property has maintained a commendable record in recent years.

The most recent bedbug report, filed in August 2024 for the period from November 2022 to October 2023, showed no infested units and confirmed that three previously infested units had been successfully eradicated. The previous two reporting periods (2021-2022 and 2020-2021) showed no infestations or eradication efforts required. Historical data shows that from 2011 to 2024, the building has demonstrated effective pest management, having passed a rodent inspection in December 2011. While the bedbug and heat/hot water issues warrant attention, the building's recent maintenance record shows improvement in pest control and a lack of recurrences of major system failures since 2021.