276 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The four-story, six-unit building at 276 Broadway in Williamsburg, owned by Greater Broadway Realty and constructed in 1920, has experienced several significant issues over the past few years. Most recently, in October 2024, there was a rat sighting complaint filed with DOHMH, though inspectors were unable to access the property.

The building has a concerning pattern of rodent activity, with inspections in January 2025 and November 2024 both confirming the presence of rats, following a history of failures and successes in past rodent inspections dating back to 2010. In the past three years, there have been multiple Department of Buildings (DOB) violations and complaints, including an active ECB violation from January 2023 regarding unauthorized gas line and stove installation in Apartment 3L (with a $2,500 penalty), and an immediate dangerous condition notice from December 2022 regarding a gas leak from the stove and oven in the same unit, which remains active. The building has experienced significant construction management issues, with multiple stop work orders and compliance matters between 2021 and 2023, including a partial stop work order in August 2022 and problems with scaffold safety and documentation in March 2022 that resulted in two ECB violations (one for unsupported scaffold and another for failure to display required documents).

Two tenant safety inspections in 2021 and various construction-related complaints were filed during this period, though no violations were found at those specific inspections. Most concerning is the indication of continuing regulatory non-compliance, as evidenced by the active violations regarding immediately hazardous conditions and the failure to certify corrections to ECB violations. While a permit application was filed in May 2023 and is currently in processing status, this long history of safety and maintenance issues raises significant concerns about the building's conditions and management practices.