341 South 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

341 South 5th Street is a 3-story, 6-unit old law tenement building in Williamsburg, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Edwardo Casiano. The building has experienced several maintenance and compliance issues over the past few years that warrant attention.

Most notably, there is an active Department of Buildings violation from April 2023 for failure to file the 2022 External Low-Pressure Inspection, and a similar violation from November 2019 regarding the 2017 Boiler Inspection Report that remains unresolved. The building has also faced challenges with heating and hot water, as evidenced by an emergency complaint in April 2020 that resulted in no access being gained for inspection. The property has accumulated four consecutive annual Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations between 2020 and 2024, each related to the failure to file required annual bedbug reports, though the most recent filing from June 2024 indicates no confirmed bedbug infestations during the 2022-2023 reporting period.

Additionally, there is an open violation from April 2020 regarding an illegally installed double-cylinder lock at the building's front gate. More recently, in July 2023, there was a complaint about potential illegal hotel rooms in the building, though inspectors were unable to gain access on two attempts. While the building has demonstrated improvements in certain areas, such as passing rodent inspections in 2018 and 2011 after previous rat activity issues, the ongoing violations related to safety inspections and bedbug reporting compliance, along with historical heating system complaints, suggest continuing challenges with building maintenance and regulatory compliance.