41 Kosciuszko Street, Brooklyn, NY 11205

41 Kosciuszko Street is a four-story, 95-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant and owned by Yehuda Fridman. The 1959 structure has experienced recurring maintenance and safety issues in recent years, with particularly notable concerns regarding pest control.

The building has undergone multiple rodent-related inspections and violations from 2023 through 2025, with the most recent inspection in July 2025 confirming rat activity. There have been two significant unsanitary conditions reported regarding garbage/recycling storage in early 2025, though one was found not to violate HPD housing laws and the other could not be inspected due to access issues. Safety violations detected in late 2023 in apartment 114 included defective carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, as well as a non-self-closing door, though these were certified as corrected by December 2023.

Historical records show the building has faced various maintenance challenges, including a water leak complaint in 2021, a heat/hot water issue in 2020, and multiple attempts to investigate alleged illegal conversions between 2022-2024, all of which were either unsubstantiated or resulted in inspector access issues. While the building has maintained a consistent record of being bedbug-free over the past five reporting periods (2020-2025), there have been recurring concerns about security features, particularly involving self-closing doors and fire safety systems, with multiple violations recorded in 2022 related to public hall doors and fire retardant materials. The property has shown some recent improvement in compliance with inspections, passing several rodent inspections in 2025 after initial failures, though pest control remains an ongoing concern.