709 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

709 Union Street in Park Slope is a 4-story, 8-unit tenement building constructed in 1920, currently owned by Jacqueline Colon. The property has experienced several significant issues over recent years, with the most pressing concerns being related to ongoing maintenance violations.

As of 2025, there are open Class A violations from both 2023 and 2024 regarding the failure to file required annual bedbug reports, and multiple open violations from September 2022 related to apartment 2R, including problems with flooring, walls, and ceilings that require repair and proper painting. Between 2020 and 2022, there was a spike in documented problems, including emergency flooring issues and non-emergency wall problems in August 2022, along with multiple housing maintenance code violations that September affecting apartment 2R, which including defective wooden floors, plaster surfaces, and color uniformity issues requiring attention. The building has also faced structural and pest management challenges, as evidenced by a complaint regarding building shaking/vibrating in September 2022 (which was investigated and found to have no violations), and a permit access issue in February 2020.

The property has a documented history of rodent issues, with inspections showing rat activity in 2015 and 2016, and multiple bait applications in mid-2015, as well as compliance inspections in 2016 and 2018 that passed. The building has no recorded open violations prior to 2022 that would indicate any previous habitability concerns. While some of these issues have been addressed through repairs and inspections, the persistence of violations, particularly regarding bedbug report compliance, suggests ongoing administrative challenges in maintaining full regulatory compliance.