240A South 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

240A South 3rd Street is a 4-story, 6-unit residential building constructed in 1920 in Williamsburg, currently owned by Bradley Zelenitz. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety concerns over recent years, with the most recent being an unresolved food poisoning complaint from March 2023. Between 2019 and 2021, there were critical issues including heat and hot water outages affecting the entire building, multiple bedbug reporting violations, and several safety violations requiring the posting of emergency procedures and building information.

Notably, there was a serious fire safety concern in 2019 involving a canopy blocking the drop ladder from the fire escape, which was classified as a Class C violation. The building has maintained an active response to pest control, as evidenced by its regular bedbug reporting from 2022-2024 showing no infestation cases. More recent inspection history shows some positive trends, with both a Failure to Maintain complaint from 2023 and a Special Operations Compliance Inspection from 2021 resulting in no violations.

The property has demonstrated compliance with rodent control measures, having passed an inspection in December 2018. While the building has experienced various health and safety issues over the years, recent records suggest improved maintenance practices, though the outstanding food poisoning complaint in 2023 remains a notable concern. The building's violation history indicates previous concerns with garbage storage, as documented in both HPD complaints and multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations. Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2019 required the property owner to address multiple safety notice requirements, including smoke detector requirements and gas leak procedures, though records indicate these violations have been closed.