149 South 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

149 South 2nd Street is a 4-story, 4-unit tenement building in Williamsburg, built in 1910 and currently owned by George Newshan. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple building-wide outages reported between 2019 and 2024, including two recent incidents in December 2024.

These emergencies typically resolved quickly, though access for inspections was often limited. In addition to the heating issues, there have been concerns about building maintenance, including unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage reported in March 2022, and rodent activity in May 2022, although a subsequent compliance inspection in June 2022 passed with no issues. The building's history shows significant attention to safety and regulatory compliance, with several violations documented in November 2022 regarding missing safety notices in the first-story public hall.

These included requirements for smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector notifications, gas leak procedures, and building registration information - all of which were certified as corrected in February 2023. Importantly, there have been no bedbug infestations reported in any of the annual filings from 2019 through 2024, and rodent inspections show a mix of results, with the most recent passing in 2022. While the heat and maintenance issues raise concerns about resident comfort, the prompt responses to complaints and regular inspections suggest ongoing management oversight of the property's basic systems and safety requirements.