137 Division Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211

137 Division Avenue is a 4-story, 4-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1910 in Williamsburg, currently owned by Yoel Hershkowitch. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most recent inspection in March 2023 noting a failure to file the required annual bedbug report, though subsequent filings from 2024 show no reported infestations.

In 2020, multiple violations were recorded during an October inspection, including issues with carbon monoxide detector requirements, building registration signage, inspection certificate posting, and smoke detector requirements, all of which were subsequently closed. The building also had egress obstruction issues with fire escapes and exposed electrical wiring concerns noted during the same inspection, along with a notable rodent infestation problem, with multiple bait applications recorded throughout 2019 following earlier rat activity inspections in February and March of that year.

The building's history includes consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2020 onward, with no recorded infestations in recent reports. While most violations have been addressed and closed, the building's maintenance record shows a pattern of safety-related issues, particularly in 2020 when multiple violations were recorded regarding building safety systems and emergency preparedness. The property has demonstrated some responsiveness to inspection findings, as evidenced by the closure of numerous violations and the establishment of regular bedbug reporting in recent years, though the current bedbug report filing issue in 2023 suggests some lapses in compliance with recent requirements.