438 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249

The four-story, six-unit tenement building at 438 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, owned by Isaac Breuer and constructed in 1910, has experienced several significant issues over the past five years. Most notably, there is an ongoing pattern of bedbug reporting violations from 2021 through 2024, with all four violations citing failure to file the required annual bedbug reports as per Housing Maintenance Code guidelines.

The building has also faced more serious structural and safety concerns, including an active Department of Buildings violation from April 2023 regarding failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection, and another active violation from November 2021 related to not certifying correction of an immediately hazardous Class 1 ECB violation. The property has been subject to some potentially concerning complaints, including allegations of illegal hotel rooms (January 2023) and work without a permit (August 2021).

The latter complaint was substantiated with an active ECB violation number 35409721L, showing unauthorized removal of the rear-side wall between the first and second floors, covered by a tarp and accessed via a mobile ladder, resulting in a $2,500 penalty. While there was one rodent inspection conducted in March 2019 that passed, the building's recent history suggests ongoing maintenance and regulatory compliance challenges that have persisted despite multiple years of notification from city agencies.