153 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The three-unit, three-story residential building at 153 17th Street in Sunset Park, owned by Gerard Siani, has been experiencing ongoing regulatory compliance issues since at least 2021. Most notably, the property has accumulated four consecutive open violations (2021-2024) for failing to file the required annual bedbug reports as mandated by the Housing Maintenance Code, with the most recent violation recorded in April 2024.

In 2021, the building faced multiple concerns regarding unauthorized construction work, with ten separate complaints about "work without a permit" between April 16 and December 29, 2021, though most inspection attempts were met with access denials. During this period, there was one validated complaint regarding excessive debris in the rear yard (approximately 55 cubic yards), which resulted in an active Environmental Control Board violation with a $1,250 penalty that remains unresolved.

The property, which dates back to 1899, has seen consistent regulatory oversight challenges, with the most recent bedbug reporting violation continuing into 2024 and an active violation regarding failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous condition from July 2021. The building's documented history suggests persistent difficulties in meeting basic housing maintenance requirements, with particular emphasis on compliance with bedbug reporting obligations and construction-related regulations. The age and continued use of this old-law tenement building underscore its historical significance in the neighborhood, though the current data indicates a pattern of regulatory non-compliance that spans multiple years and various categories of code violations.