70 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

70 Lorimer Street is a 7-story, 46-unit residential building in Williamsburg, completed in 2014 and currently owned by Israel Katz. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over its history, with the most recent being a plumbing water supply problem reported in January 2024, which was investigated but resulted in no violations. In late 2018, there was a heat and hot water outage that was resolved shortly after tenant notification.

As of August 2024, the building has multiple open violations that require attention, including issues with self-closing doors on multiple floors (3rd and 7th stories), a maintenance requirement to repaint a ceiling with light-colored paint in the 7th story bulkhead, and a need to properly frame and display the Certificate of Inspection near the first-floor mailboxes. Additionally, there are outstanding issues noted regarding a compactor closet door on the 6th story and the need to repair fire-retardant material in the boiler room ceiling, though some violations from earlier this year have been closed, including one related to blocked fire escape egress. The building has maintained a clean record with respect to bedbug infestations, with all annual filings since 2020 showing zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units, most recently filed in December 2024.

There are also some past Department of Buildings violations that were resolved, including one from 2021 that was dismissed due to subsequent corrections. A 2019 elevator-related violation remains active, indicating some ongoing maintenance oversight in this area. While the building's recent history shows compliance with bedbug regulations and resolution of some maintenance issues, the current open violations suggest ongoing maintenance challenges that require monitoring.