51 Highlawn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11223

51 Highlawn Avenue is a three-unit, three-story residential building located in Gravesend and owned by Biagio Colandrea. Built in 1910, the building has undergone several significant events over recent years, most notably regarding its bedbug reporting compliance. Between 2021 and 2024, the building received four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations for failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these violations appear to have been effectively addressed as the most recent report from January 2025 shows no infestations or eradications during the previous reporting period.

In 2019, the building experienced a series of regulatory issues that warrant attention. A complaint about illegal conversion led to two Environmental Control Board violations: one for performing unpermitted work related to residential water, waste, and gas lines installation in the cellar, and another for using the cellar contrary to its Certificate of Occupancy. The latter violation, which imposed a $1,250 penalty, remains listed as active but had no outstanding balance due.

A subsequent violation for failing to certify correction of an immediately hazardous ECB violation was dismissed by the Department of Buildings. To address these concerns, a permit was issued in November 2019 for plumbing work (Permit Sequence Number 01, Job Number 321961999). Since these incidents in 2019, the building has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance, with no documented infestations or related issues in recent years, suggesting improved adherence to housing maintenance requirements.