788 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

The four-story, three-unit building at 788 Kent Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Mayer Wertheimer and constructed in 2006, has experienced several maintenance and compliance issues over recent years. Most notably, there is an active Department of Buildings violation from December 2021 for failure to perform a required Category 5 inspection, and a 2019 violation related to elevator inspection requirements that remains unresolved. The building has had recurring bedbug reporting obligations, with the most recent report filed in June 2024 indicating no current or previously infested units between November 2022 and October 2023.

However, there has been rat activity noted in a June 2024 inspection following a previously passed inspection in October 2022. The building has undergone multiple HPD inspections revealing various safety and maintenance issues, particularly in 2023. These include problems with a disabled sprinkler head, encumbered public hall stairs, and dirty conditions in the fourth-story to roof bulkhead area.

While most of these violations have been certified as corrected by July 2023, there are concerns about ongoing maintenance of common areas. The property has maintained regular compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2021 through 2024, though the pattern of annual violations for failure to file these reports suggests some previous negligence in record-keeping. Additionally, the building had issues with refuse accumulation in the boiler room area in early 2021, and required posting of gas leak procedures in late 2018, both of which were subsequently addressed.