729 Monroe Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

729 Monroe Street is a 3-story, 6-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, built in 1931 and currently owned by Audrey Goodridge. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple emergency complaints filed between 2018-2021, though in most cases, heat and hot water were restored before HPD inspections could confirm the problems. Recent inspections from 2021-2023 revealed several significant violations, particularly in apartment 3R, including issues with door security, missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and maintenance concerns.

The building's management appears to have made some progress in addressing violations, as evidenced by the bedbug reports showing no infestations between 2022-2023 and recent rodent inspections passing in 2022 and 2024. However, there remains an active violation as of June 2023 regarding an unfiled external low pressure inspection from 2021, and multiple open violations from 2021-2024 related to building maintenance, including concerns about a public hall vestibule cleanliness, encumbrances, and door mechanisms. The most recent bedbug reporting from June 2024 indicates 0 infested units and 0 eradicated units for the 2022-2023 period, demonstrating successful pest management.

The building has passed recent rodent inspections in 2022 and 2024, though the presence of open violations related to safety systems (such as smoke and carbon monoxide detectors) in apartment 3R raises ongoing safety concerns. The pattern of heat and hot water issues between 2018-2021 suggests potential systemic problems with building infrastructure, though more recent complaints of this nature have been less frequent. The building's management has been responsive to some violation notices, as indicated by multiple "closed" statuses on HPD inspections, though several violations remain open and a bedbug reporting compliance issue has persisted across multiple years.