668 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, four-unit building at 668 Putnam Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Michael Hall, has experienced a series of concerning maintenance issues over the past year. Most notably, there have been multiple electrical system problems, including a recent September 2024 incident involving no lighting, and several complaints about defective or exposed electrical wiring in September 2024 that resulted in inspectors being unable to gain access on multiple occasions.

The building's infrastructure has faced additional challenges, with complaints about defective or inoperative boiler systems and potentially illegal gas hook-up or piping conditions in September 2024, though no violations were found upon inspection. Earlier in 2024, there were also complaints about an illegal conversion and after-hours work that allegedly violated building codes, with inspectors again reporting access issues.

The building's most recent documented issues, as of April 2025, include complaints about an illegal conversion and a permit-related inquiry that occurred in 2025, though again these complaints were marked as having no violations or access problems. While some inspections resulted in violations not being warranted at the time, the pattern of repeated complaints across multiple systems - particularly within the electrical infrastructure - suggests ongoing maintenance challenges. The building has been subject to multiple inspection attempts where access was not granted, which may indicate difficulties in addressing these persistent maintenance concerns.