61 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

61 Stuyvesant Avenue is a 3-story, 6-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, built in 1931 and currently owned by Juan Cruz. The building has experienced multiple concerning safety and compliance issues in recent years. Most notably, there is an ongoing open violation related to failing to file annual bedbug reports, which has been an issue since at least 2021 and remains unresolved as of 2024.

The property has also accumulated several open violations since July 2023 regarding safety requirements, including the need to post carbon monoxide detector requirements, maintain proper building registration notices, provide gas leak procedures, and display the housing information guide availability. More seriously, there are active violations as of 2024 for failure to file required external low pressure inspections for multiple years, including 2018-2023 and boiler inspections from 2017. The building has demonstrated some recent maintenance improvements, particularly in rodent control, with all inspections from 2023-2025 showing passed results, though there were previous incidents of rat activity in 2022.

A significant safety-related complaint was filed in June 2023 regarding smoke detectors, but inspectors were unable to gain access to verify the situation. While some violation patterns suggest ongoing management issues, the recent rodent inspection results indicate improved conditions in that regard. It's worth noting that the building's age and designation as an "Old Law Tenement" come with specific maintenance requirements, and the property has had recurring issues with filing required documentation, particularly regarding safety inspections and annual reports.