840 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

840 Kent Avenue is a three-story, three-unit New Law tenement building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant and owned by Abraham Wurzberger. The building has been subject to recurring housing maintenance code violations related to bedbug reporting, with the most recent open violation recorded in April 2024, and similar violations documented annually since 2021. These violations, while administrative in nature, suggest ongoing challenges with compliance to HPD bedbug reporting requirements.

The property has maintained a satisfactory rodent inspection record, with passed inspections in 2022 and most recently in June 2024. Significant safety compliance issues were addressed between 2019-2021, including multiple violations that required repairs and safety notices in common areas, such as the need for proper fire retardant materials, light-colored paint application, smoke detector requirements, and carbon monoxide detection device requirements. These violations were all successfully closed, indicating that the landlord addressed the safety concerns.

In August 2021, a broken wood tread in the cellar was identified and subsequently repaired by August 2022. A complaint regarding non-conforming zoning was filed in October 2020, but this was found to have no warranted violations upon inspection. The building's age (1901) and violation history suggest it has required ongoing maintenance and compliance work, though recent rodent inspections and the closure of various safety violations indicate improvements in building upkeep. The bedbug reporting records for 2021-2022 and 2019-2020 show no documented infestations during those periods, suggesting that while reporting compliance issues persist, actual infestations may not be a current problem.