17 1st Place, Brooklyn, NY 11231

The two-story, three-unit residential building at 17 1st Place in Carroll Gardens, owned by Gino Vitale, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues since 2021. The property has consistently received violations related to required proper bedbug reporting from the Housing Maintenance Code (HMC), with the most recent violation in April 2024, though subsequent filings show no infested units.

During 2021-2022, there was a series of construction-related safety concerns, including multiple stop-work orders and inspections related to construction safety compliance and work without permits. The building experienced a notable construction safety incident in 2022, with two ECB violations issued to NCR Group Corporation regarding inadequate guardrails and toeboards on scaffolding, and multiple violations issued to Superb Construction Mgt for failing to maintain proper safety measures, with penalties totaling $30,000, though these were later resolved. The Department of Buildings also recorded three instances of failing to certify correction of immediately hazardous violations between 2021-2022, which were ultimately dismissed.

More recently, the building has maintained cleaner records, with no reported bedbug infestations or eradications between 2022 and 2024, and all bedbug-related violations appear to have been resolved. The building underwent several permit modifications between 2021-2022 under job number 322069391, with the most recent issuance in June 2022. While the building had numerous violations during the peak period of 2021-2022, particularly related to construction safety and bedbug reporting, the property appears to have stabilized in the subsequent years with no new reported violations or safety concerns as of 2024.