63 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

63 Duffield Street is a three-story, six-unit old law tenement building located in Downtown Brooklyn and owned by Mendy Brunner. The 1905 building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues in recent years, with the most pressing concerns emerging in 2025. These include multiple emergency water leak incidents, evidence of mold, and multiple door-related complaints that were investigated by HPD.

A November 2024 inspection resulted in multiple violations related to ceiling damage and paint issues in Apartment 1R. The building's safety compliance has also been questioned, with three active Housing Maintenance Code violations from November 2024 regarding failure to post required safety notices, including those for smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and gas leak procedures. Additionally, the building has two open Department of Buildings violations from September and April 2024 for failure to file external low-pressure inspections.

The building's history includes periodic pest management efforts, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past three years, and inconsistent rodent control results, including sightings in 2012 and 2020. Previous complaints about window safety (2018) and indoor air quality (2023) were addressed, though recent inspections have revealed ongoing maintenance deficiencies. Historical data shows several complaints about potential illegal hotel room usage between 2018 and 2023, though inspections did not find sufficient evidence to warrant violations. The building's violation and complaint history suggests a pattern of maintenance challenges, particularly regarding water damage, safety compliance, and general upkeep, with the most recent years showing a clustering of issues primarily focusing on water-related problems and required safety postings.