1547 East 31st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11234

The two-family home at 1547 East 31st Street in Marine Park, owned by Shoshana Silkes, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past several years, particularly affecting the second-floor apartment. Most notably, there was a cluster of heating and hot water system problems in January 2020, with multiple emergency service requests and at least one open violation specifically citing inadequate hot water provision in the second-floor apartment.

Prior to this, in December 2018, the building faced multiple challenges including water leak issues (both slow leaks and emergency-level heavy flow), and various maintenance concerns in the second-floor apartment, such as broken plaster surfaces and ceiling problems in the bathroom. Several housing maintenance code violations were documented in December 2018, including issues with the bathroom ceiling and broken masonry on the stoop, as well as a missing carbon monoxide detector in the second-floor apartment.

While many of these violations were eventually addressed and certified as corrected by February 2019, the recurrence of heating and water-related problems in early 2020 suggests ongoing maintenance challenges. The building, constructed in 1930, consists of two stories and contains two residential units.