2509 85th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The four-unit residential building at 2509 85th Street in Gravesend, owned by Zhen Chen, has a notable history of regulatory compliance issues, particularly regarding bedbug reporting requirements. Since 2021, the building has accumulated four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations (2021-2024) related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as mandated by HPD rules, with the most recent violation recorded in April 2024 still remaining open.

These repeated violations suggest ongoing difficulties in addressing this particular housing maintenance requirement. Additionally, there was one Department of Buildings complaint filed in February 2020 regarding professional certification compliance, though this was closed with no violations warranted at the time of inspection. The building also experienced an Environmental Control Board (ECB) violation in November 2018, when the property was cited for failure to comply with a Commissioner's order related to a previous violation from November 2017.

This case resulted in a resolved penalty of $625, though records indicate no balance was due. The building, constructed in 1923 as a "new law tenement," is a two-story structure that has been under consistent scrutiny for its regulatory compliance, particularly in recent years. While the property has shown some ability to resolve violations (as evidenced by the closure of the ECB citation), the persistent nature of the bedbug reporting violations over multiple years remains the most significant pattern of non-compliance observed in the records.