354 South 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The four-story, eight-unit New Law Tenement building at 354 South 3rd Street in Williamsburg, owned by Javiera Varas, has experienced several significant maintenance issues and violations in recent years. Most notably, in September 2023, the building received multiple violations affecting the fourth-floor apartment (4F), including problems with water leaks from the roof, defective plaster and paint surfaces, and missing safety equipment such as carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors. These violations, along with a failure to address encumbrances in the fourth-floor public hall stairs, were all documented with open status as of October 2023.

The building also has three open Department of Buildings violations from June 2023 related to the failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2018, 2019, and 2020. More recent concerns include an active illegal conversion complaint as of March 2025, though the inspector was unable to gain access during the first attempt in May 2025. Despite these ongoing issues, there have been some positive developments regarding pest management, with the most recent bedbug report filed in August 2023 showing zero infestation cases for the period between November 2021 and October 2022.

Rodent inspections from December 2018 resulted in a passing grade, indicating effective pest control measures at that time. The building's maintenance history shows repeated bedbug reporting violations in 2022 and 2023, though these were ultimately resolved, suggesting a pattern of inconsistent compliance with housing maintenance codes. The property, constructed in 1910, has been in Williamsburg for over a century, and while it has successfully managed some pests in recent years, the current safety and maintenance violations require attention.