2027 Mermaid Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224

2027 Mermaid Avenue is a three-story, four-unit residential building in Coney Island, built in 1930 and currently owned by Ioannis Drouvalakis. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past few years, with multiple emergencies reported between 2021 and 2023, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building.

Recent inspections from April 2024 revealed several violations in apartment 3R, including issues with lead-based paint, wall conditions, and required safety features such as smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The building has multiple active violations related to the failure to file required external low-pressure boiler inspections for several years between 2018 and 2023, as well as a bedbug reporting violation from May 2023. Additional concerns from 2021 include various maintenance issues such as door/window problems, unsanitary conditions, and intercom system defects, though most of these earlier complaints were closed without violations being issued.

More recent compliance issues include December 2023 violations in apartment 3R for peeling paint and safety equipment concerns, as well as an open violation regarding the building's heating system access notice. A sidewalk shed violation from August 2021 resulted in a $1,250 penalty for failing to obtain proper permits for temporary construction equipment, which remains active. Despite these issues, the building's documented history shows that many complaints have been addressed and closed, though some violations from recent inspections appear to be pending resolution.