220 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206
The four-unit, four-story old-law tenement at 220 Lee Avenue in Williamsburg, owned by Joel Illowitz and constructed in 1931, has experienced recurring maintenance and safety compliance issues over the past several years. Most notably, there are two open Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations from 2023 and 2024 relating to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, indicating ongoing concerns about pest management compliance.
The building has multiple active Department of Buildings (DOB) violations related to boiler safety, with several unfiled annual low-pressure boiler inspection reports between 2018 and 2024, including a recently issued $655 violation in December 2024. In 2023, several safety-related violations were documented and subsequently closed, including issues with self-closing doors (both building entrance and apartment-specific) and various safety device malfunctions in Apartment 2, such as defective smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
There were also violations regarding unauthorized storage in public areas and unauthorized locking mechanisms on stairway doors. The building's rodent inspections showed initial rat activity in May 2018, though a subsequent compliance inspection that June resulted in a passing grade. While many violations from 2022-2023 have been addressed, the persistence of the bedbug report violations and the multiple unaddressed boiler inspection violations point to ongoing compliance challenges within the building's management.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 4 |
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Year built | 1931 |
Total area | 4000 sq ft |
Floors | 4 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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