256 Keap Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

256 Keap Street is a three-unit, three-story Old Law Tenement building located in Williamsburg, constructed in 1899 and currently owned by Rifka Roth. The property has an ongoing pattern of violations related to bedbug reporting requirements under the Housing Maintenance Code, with open violations recorded in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, all indicating non-compliance with the annual bedbug report filing requirement mandated by HPD rules.

While there have been two Department of Buildings complaints made in September 2022 regarding potential issues (complaint numbers 3876180 and 3873855), both were investigated the same day they were reported and resulted in "No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection" dispositions, suggesting the issues were either not present or not requiring enforcement action at the time of inspection. The most significant concern for prospective and current tenants appears to be the repeated violations regarding bedbug reporting, which has persisted annually from 2021 through 2024.

While the building's age (126 years old) and configuration as a multi-family tenement are typical for the neighborhood, the consistent pattern of bedbug report non-compliance stands out as the primary pattern of violations on record. The property has maintained a relatively clean record otherwise, with no major complaints or violations related to safety or building maintenance recorded in recent years, though this should be weighed alongside the recurring bedbug report issues.