4911 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224

The 3-unit, 3-story building at 4911 Surf Avenue in Sea Gate, owned by Fengqin Lin, has a notable history of heating and plumbing issues over the past several years.

Most recently, in July 2023, there was a plumbing issue involving a toilet that required HPD intervention, though no violations were issued and the matter was resolved within three days. The building experienced a concentrated series of heating and hot water-related complaints throughout 2020-2021, with ten separate incidents reported between December 2020 and December 2021.

While all these complaints were eventually resolved, many required multiple follow-ups and inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), with several cases where tenants reported that heat and hot water had been restored by the time inspectors arrived, though one incident in February 2021 involved difficulty gaining access to the affected apartments for inspection. The repeated nature of these heating system complaints, occurring over approximately one year, represents the most significant pattern of maintenance issues in the building's recent history, although there have been no similar heating-related complaints recorded in the past two years since the last reported incident in December 2021.