1549 West 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204

The five-story, 10-unit residential building at 1549 West 3rd Street in Bensonhurst, owned by Leonard Schwartz and constructed in 2008, has experienced various maintenance and regulatory interactions over the past years. Most notably, in December 2018, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) received multiple emergency complaints regarding heavy water leaks, though inspectors were unable to gain access to investigate the reported conditions.

The building has maintained a consistent record of compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since 2021, with all filings showing zero reported infestations, including the most recent report from December 2023 covering the period from November 2022 to October 2023. Between 2020 and 2022, three Department of Buildings violations were recorded but were all dismissed by December 2022 based on subsequent reports showing corrected defects.

The building's history also includes two rodent inspections; the initial inspection in October 2009 resulted in a failed rating for "Other Reasons," while a follow-up compliance inspection in January 2010 passed. In 2021 and 2022, the building received Housing Maintenance Code violations related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these violations appear to have been addressed in subsequent years. While the building has faced various maintenance challenges over the years, particularly in 2018 with the water leak complaints, most issues have been resolved through proper channels, and there have been no reported bedbug infestations since 2020.