8502 21st Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The three-story, four-unit residential building at 8502 21st Avenue in Bensonhurst, owned by Meemee Ho, has been in operation since 1928 and has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues over recent years. Most notably, the building currently has multiple open violations related to safety and maintenance requirements, including the need to file annual bedbug reports (as of April 2024), and issues from 2021 that remain unresolved regarding the posting of various safety notices (smoke detector requirements, carbon monoxide detector requirements, gas leak procedures, and heating system keyholder information).

The building's maintenance history shows several inspection requests and violations between 2019 and 2024, including a broken window guard report in 2021 (considered an emergency), stair-related issues, a slow water leak, and multiple complaints about garbage/recycling storage. The property has been subject to various Department of Buildings complaints, with several inspections conducted between 2019 and 2021 regarding illegal conversion, building stability, and egress problems, though none were found to warrant violations.

In 2021, there were also concerns about an illegal curb cut and an inadequate fence, but inspections determined no violations were warranted. The bedbug reporting history shows no documented infestations or eradications during the 2019-2020 reporting period, with zero infested units and zero re-infested units reported as of July 2021. While the building's age and history as a New Law Tenement are notable, the most pressing current concern appears to be the multiple open violations related to safety notices and bedbug reporting requirements, though these are administrative matters rather than immediate safety concerns.