196 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221
The three-story, three-unit residential building at 196 Van Buren Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Joseph Harper, has been in operation since 1899 and is classified as a "Heretofore Converted Class A" property.
The building has consistently demonstrated compliance with rodent inspections, passing all nine inspections conducted between January 2020 and June 2025, including recent checks in December 2024, June 2025, and the most recent in June 2024. However, the property has encountered recurring housing maintenance code violations specifically related to bedbug reporting requirements.
Open violations have been documented in four consecutive years from 2021 through 2024 (April 2021, March 2022, March 2023, and most recently April 2024), all regarding the failure to file the required annual bedbug reports as mandated by HPD regulations. While the building has maintained a clean record in terms of rodent control and passed all related compliance inspections, these open violations regarding bedbug reporting requirements suggest an ongoing administrative oversight that has persisted over multiple years.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 3 |
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Year built | 1899 |
Total area | 3600 sq ft |
Floors | 3 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A |

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