275 Rutledge Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The three-story, three-unit building at 275 Rutledge Street in Williamsburg, owned by Sol Sinay and built in 1905, has experienced several significant regulatory matters over recent years. Most notably, there have been persistent issues with bedbug reporting compliance, with the most recent open violation from April 2024 regarding failure to file the required annual bedbug report, though the building's official bedbug filings for 2023 and 2022 indicated zero infested units.

The property has a concerning history of unauthorized construction work, particularly evident between 2018-2022, including a major incident in 2021-2022 involving an unpermitted fourth-floor construction that led to multiple violation notices and enforcement actions. This unauthorized work prompted several Environmental Control Board violations, though all were ultimately resolved with no penalties imposed. The building also faced procedural violations for failing to comply with various commissioner orders regarding the correction of earlier violations.

The Department of Buildings' inspection history reveals a pattern of compliance issues and construction-related violations, including instances of work being performed contrary to stop work orders in late 2018 and multiple citations in 2021 regarding failure to provide proper construction documents. While the building has shown efforts to address some violations over time, as evidenced by the resolution of many ECB charges, the repeated nature of the bedbug reporting violations and construction compliance issues suggests ongoing management challenges. The most recent bedbug report filing period (2021-2022) showed no infestations, and previous bedbug violation notices from 2021-2023 had all been closed prior to the most recent open violation, indicating some attention to pest management requirements, though compliance with reporting obligations remains an issue.