744 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The three-story, four-unit tenement building at 744 Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, owned by Jose Narvaez, has a historical record dating back to its 1910 construction as an Old Law tenement. The property has undergone several inspections between 2021 and 2024, with the most significant recent issue being an open Class A Housing Maintenance Code violation as of April 2024 related to the failure to file the required annual bedbug report, a violation that has persisted through multiple previous inspections in 2023, 2022, and 2021.

This annual reporting requirement appears to have been consistently overlooked by the current management. The building's bedbug filing records for the period of November 2021 to October 2022 show no infested dwelling units, while previous years (2020-2021 and 2022-2023) consistently reported zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units as well.

The property has had a few health and safety inspections, including a rat sighting complaint in September 2021 that was investigated by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, though no violations were found at that time. Recent rodent inspections in December 2021 and March 2019 both resulted in passing grades, suggesting that while there have been occasional pest-related complaints, the building has generally maintained compliance when inspected. While the building's age and history as an Old Law tenement are noteworthy, the most pressing current concern appears to be the unresolved issue of bedbug reporting compliance, which has persisted across multiple inspection periods, though there have been no documented bedbug infestations in recent years.