135 Keap Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The four-story, seven-unit tenement building at 135 Keap Street in Williamsburg, owned by Aaron Kohn and dating back to 1900, has experienced several significant events in recent years that warrant attention. Most notably, the building suffered fire damage affecting two apartments in June 2022 (apartments 2R and 3R), and has multiple ongoing violations from that same inspection related to building safety concerns on the fourth story.

These fourth-story issues include problems with multiple doors, such as missing and defective bulkhead doors, illegal fastenings on the plywood door, broken glass panes in the skylight, and various door replacement needs, all marked as Class C violations and remaining open as of October 2023. The building's recent history also includes a concerning pattern regarding bedbug reporting compliance.

While the most recent bedbug report filed in December 2024 (covering the period from November 2023 to October 2024) shows no infected units or eradication attempts, there were multiple notices of violation in 2022 through 2024 specifically related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, with two such violations recorded in 2023 and 2024. Additionally, there is an active Department of Buildings violation from April 2023 regarding the failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection, which remains unresolved as of the latest data. While the recent bedbug reports suggest the problem has been addressed, the building's recent history of violations indicates potential ongoing maintenance challenges.