223 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

The 4-story, 8-unit New Law Tenement building at 223 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, owned by James Brewer Sr., has shown a concerning pattern of compliance issues and access problems over recent years. Most notably, there were two violations in 2023 and 2022 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these violations are now marked as "Close." The building has experienced access issues during investigations of potentially hazardous conditions, with inspectors unable to gain access in October 2022 regarding illegal plumbing work and July 2022 concerning gas hook-up/piping concerns, both of which were classified as Closed.

The property has maintained a relatively clean bedbug record in recent filings, with the most recent report from January 2024 showing no infested units between November 2022 and October 2023, and previous filings for 2019-2020 also indicating no infestations. Historical complaint records show attention to safety matters, with a crane-related complaint from December 2018 resulting in no violations.

A COVID-19 executive order complaint was filed and resolved in April 2020. The building's age (built in 1931) and its classification as a New Law Tenement suggest it has been subject to various regulatory requirements over the years, though recent inspections appear to have focused primarily on access-related issues rather than ongoing safety concerns.