61 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

61 Duffield Street is a three-story, three-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1915 and currently owned by Basshu 61 Duffield LLC, located in Downtown Brooklyn. The building has experienced recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance, with three open violations from 2023, 2024, and most recently in April 2024, all related to the failure to file the required annual bedbug reports as mandated by Housing Maintenance Code § HMC.

The property has also been the subject of multiple recent complaints and violations, most notably an active Environmental Control Board violation from December 2024 regarding unauthorized work on the third floor involving the installation of water and waste lines for a sink and washer/dryer, along with electrical work, for which a $1,250 penalty was imposed. Several complaints about potentially unauthorized renovations and uses have been filed in recent years, including concerns about illegal hotel rooms, an illegal conversion, and construction beyond approved plans, though inspectors either found no violations or were unable to gain access in these instances. A routine Local Law 188/17 compliance inspection conducted in November 2023 resulted in no violations being found.

The building's plumbing systems have undergone some modification verification, with a permit application noted as being on hold in connection with the December 2024 violation. While a bedbug infestation was reported through the proper channels for the 2019-2020 reporting period, indicating no active infestation at that time, the ongoing reporting compliance issues suggest potential pest management concerns deserve attention. A rodent inspection conducted in 2013 resulted in a passing grade, representing the last recorded pest control inspection in the provided data.