109 Roebling Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

This three-story, five-unit residential building at 109 Roebling Street in Williamsburg, built in 1910, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues over the past few years. Most notably, in late 2022, the property received multiple violations related to an unauthorized duplex conversion involving a spiral staircase between the first floor and cellar in Apartment 1, along with several fire safety requirements that were not properly addressed. These included failures to post required notices regarding smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, gas leak procedures, and building registration information.

The building's management was also cited for maintaining an illegal partition in the cellar and allowing improper occupancy, with an associated ECB violation penalty of $6,250. More recently, in August 2024, the building faced a violation for missing aluminum siding on the front facade at the third-floor level, resulting in a penalty of $1,250. The property has remained relatively pest-free, with no reported cases of bedbugs since at least 2020, and it passed a rodent inspection in December 2018.

The building has a history of requiring multiple inspection attempts for various complaints, including construction-related concerns in November 2022, though inspectors were unable to gain access on two final attempts in January 2023. Currently, there appear to be ongoing compliance issues regarding the illegal duplex conversion, as evidenced by an active ECB violation as of November 2022 with a penalty still listed as due. The most recent building permit activity was recorded in 2018-2019, providing some evidence of maintenance and upgrading work during that period.