2098 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11223

The three-story, five-unit tenement building at 2098 Coney Island Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, owned by Boris Tansky, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most notable cluster of problems occurring in July 2019. During this period, there was a series of complaints regarding heat and hot water system failures affecting both individual apartments and the entire building, along with reports of heavy water leaks.

These issues resulted in multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations. More recently, as of 2023 and continuing into 2024-2025, the building has active violations related to the failure to file regular external low-pressure inspections for multiple years. Additionally, there are several open violations from a July 2019 inspection concerning water leaks, fire safety wall conditions, and painting requirements in the public stair areas of both the first and basement floors.

The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations since 2021, with no reported cases in any of the annual bedbug reports filed between 2021 and 2025. Recent Department of Buildings activity suggests concerns about unauthorized work, with three inspection requests in 2024 appearing to be related to work without permits, though in each case inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. While the building experienced significant maintenance challenges in 2019, particularly regarding its heating and plumbing systems, more recent records indicate fewer urgent maintenance issues, though the outstanding violations related to pressure inspections warrant attention.