671 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The 8-unit, 4-story tenement building at 671 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, owned by Moshe Fruchter, has been in operation since 1931 and has experienced several regulatory and maintenance issues over the past five years. Most notably, there are currently six open violations with the Department of Buildings related to the failure to file annual external low-pressure inspections from 2018 through 2023.

The building has documented issues with safety concerns, including an open Class B violation from 2021 regarding inadequate egress from the yard to the street via a fireproof passageway, which was also the subject of two complaints that year about locked/blocked egress. The property has maintained consistent bedbug monitoring and reporting compliance, with the most recent report from December 2024 showing zero infested units, consistent with previous filings from 2023, 2022, and 2021, which all reported no infestations or eradications.

Historical violations from 2018 indicate various maintenance issues, including problems with rear yard cleanliness, a marble staircase tread, and a defective fire escape drop ladder, as well as an unauthorized wooden deck installation at the first story rear that required legalization or restoration. While the building has seen periodic violations related to housing maintenance code compliance, particularly regarding bedbug reporting, recent filings show proper adherence to this specific requirement, though the ongoing external low-pressure inspection violations remain unaddressed as of the most recent available data.