131 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

The three-story, two-family house at 131 Union Street in the Columbia Street neighborhood, built in 1930 and currently owned by Hernan Galvis, has experienced several notable compliance issues in recent years. Most significantly, there are active Department of Buildings violations from June 2023 related to the failure to file the 2018 External Low Pressure Inspection report, and from January 2020 regarding non-compliance with filing the 2017 Boiler Inspection report.

These unaddressed violations suggest ongoing oversight of essential safety systems. The building also had two Department of Education-related violations in May 2021 concerning maintenance issues - one involving a cracked/broken interior glass pane in the front entrance door, and another regarding inadequate illumination of exit discharges and public corridors.

While both of these violations were resolved, they resulted in a $1,250 penalty. On a more positive note, the building's bedbug reporting records from 2018 through 2021 indicate no infestations were reported in the two filing periods (2018-2019 and 2019-2020), and the same applies to rodent inspections from 2011, which recorded non-compliance for "Other Reasons" but doesn't specify rodent issues. The most concerning current issue appears to be the pattern of incomplete inspections and filings for essential building systems, as evidenced by the active violations regarding the External Low Pressure Inspection and Boiler Inspection report filings.