561 Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

561 Chauncey Street is a three-story, three-unit old law tenement building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant and owned by Yossi Yaacov. The building, constructed in 1901, has experienced several notable maintenance issues over recent years, particularly in early 2019 when there was a series of heating and hot water problems affecting the entire building, with multiple emergency complaints filed between January and February of that year. These heating issues, while ultimately resolved, were significant enough to prompt multiple inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), some of which had access issues.

In addition to the heating problems, there were also water leak issues in January 2019. More recent inspections in 2021-2022 revealed multiple safety concerns that were addressed, including violations related to fire escape access and egress safety, such as doors with key-operated locks obstructing access to fire escapes, and the need for iron guard rails around the roof skylight. The building has passed annual bedbug inspections from 2021 to 2024, showing no evidence of infestation during these periods.

There were also some Department of Buildings complaints in 2020 regarding debris and work contrary to stop work order, though these were ultimately unsubstantiated or resulted from access issues. The property has maintained compliance with rodent inspections, with only one instance of rat activity noted in January 2019, which has since been resolved. The building's most recent significant violations were addressed during 2021-2022 inspections, with corrected issues including laminated wood paneling in public areas and unauthorized alterations affecting access to scuttle ladders. The property has maintained a regular pattern of compliance with city regulations since then, with the most recent bedbug reports showing zero infested units and no new violations of note.