8679 19th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The three-story, six-unit building at 8679 19th Avenue in Bath Beach, owned by Dimitra Vasilakos and built in 1929, has experienced several notable safety and maintenance events in recent years. Most significantly, in April 2023, multiple emergency complaints were filed regarding safety issues including non-functional smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, as well as a broken window guard.

These complaints, along with a pest-related issue, were all investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which found no violations. Despite this, the building had documented Housing Maintenance Code violations in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these violations were closed following compliance. The building's bedbug reporting history shows consistent adherence to regulations, with no infested units reported in the last four annual filings between 2021 and 2024, indicating effective pest management practices.

Earlier records from 2014 show rodent inspection failures, suggesting past pest control challenges. The most recent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements and the absence of reported infestations since 2021, coupled with the resolution of safety complaints in 2023, indicates improved management practices. However, the clustering of safety-related complaints in April 2023 suggests there may have been a period of insufficient attention to building systems, though HPD's subsequent inspections found no violations.