318 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249

The three-story, two-family house at 318 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, built in 1899 and currently owned by Joshua Wagschal, has experienced several notable maintenance and safety issues, with the most significant cluster of problems occurring in 2019. During that year, the building faced multiple water-related complaints, including three slow leak reports in October and a heavy flow water leak in September.

The property also had heat and hot water system failures, with violations issued for inadequate hot water supply in September. Further safety concerns emerged in October 2019, when violations were documented for missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, along with unsanitary conditions including mold problems. The building has shown improvement in recent years, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past five years (2019-2024) and passed rodent inspections in 2019, despite earlier rat activity reports between October 2018 and June 2019.

A recent 311 complaint in August 2024 regarding food safety was addressed and closed by the NYC Health Department. The most recent building inspections and complaints, including a Work Without Permits Watch List Compliance complaint in September 2023, showed no violations warranting further action. While historical violations from 2019 included issues with building safety systems and water supply, records indicate these have been resolved, as evidenced by the closure of multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations and successful permit issuances for plumbing and electrical work in 2018-2019.