236 South 1st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The four-story, 16-unit residential building at 236 South 1st Street in Williamsburg, owned by Matthew Gelfand, was constructed in 2002 and has had several notable maintenance events over recent years. The most significant recent issues occurred in June 2022, when the building faced multiple non-emergency complaints regarding unsanitary conditions related to pests and garbage/recycling storage. While these complaints were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), no violations were found.

The building currently has an open Class A violation from June 2022 regarding the improper posting of housing information guides at the entrance, though this issue appears less critical compared to previous years' concerns. The property has maintained a record of properly reporting its bedbug situation over the past five years (2019-2025), with no reported infestations in any of the annual filings between 2019 and the 2025 report. Additionally, there is an ongoing active violation related to elevator safety from September 2019, concerning failure to correct defects noted in a 2017 inspection, which remains unresolved as of the latest available data.

The building's maintenance history shows some attention to door/window issues, with an emergency complaint regarding a door problem in December 2020, though this was also closed without any violation being issued. The property has generally had its violations resolved when investigated, as evidenced by the dismissal of two 2021 violations based on subsequent reports showing corrections were made. Regular rodent inspections have been conducted, with the last recorded inspection in December 2018 resulting in a passing grade.