299 Wallabout Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

299 Wallabout Street is a 7-story, 7-unit residential building located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, owned by Abraham Strulovitch and completed in 2017. The building has experienced recurring issues with fire safety and maintenance compliance, particularly in its common areas and fire safety systems. Most recently, in October 2024, violations were recorded for unsafe electrical wiring at the 7th-story bulkhead, and issues with a defective fire door in the 1st-story public hall.

The building has gone through multiple rounds of fire safety-related violations between 2023-2024, including problems with sprinkler heads on various stories, fire door repairs, and fire retardant material maintenance. Earlier violations from 2023 highlighted the need for proper paint maintenance and repairs to fire safety materials in the fire stairs and roof bulkhead areas. The property had several construction-related violations in 2019, including multiple instances of workers not completing required training and failure to produce required daily logs, though these were resolved with no penalties.

There was also a construction-related complaint about the absence of a required sidewalk shed in August 2018. Importantly, the building has maintained a clean record with respect to bedbug infestations, reporting zero affected units in all annual filings from 2022 to the present, and the most recent bedbug report from December 2024 confirms no infestations during the previous year. While the building has had multiple housing maintenance code violations, most have been promptly addressed and certified as closed, though the pattern of violations suggests ongoing maintenance challenges, especially regarding fire safety systems and common area upkeep.