222 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

The four-story, six-unit residential building at 222 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, owned by Waldemar Fleszar and built in 1928, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues in recent years. Most concerning is a current unresolved food poisoning complaint from April 2025 and a previously closed food establishment violation from August 2024 related to rodent/insect/garbage issues.

The building has had multiple urgent infrastructure problems, including a heat and hot water outage in August 2023 (briefly resolved), plumbing issues with toilets in March 2024 (inspected, no violations found), and various window and door problems in Apartment 3R identified during a June 2024 inspection. This inspection also revealed several violations requiring attention, including a broken kitchen window, defective fire retardant material in the first-story public hall, and additional window and door issues in Apartment 3R that remain open as of now. The building's maintenance record shows some ongoing safety compliance challenges, with open violations from July 2018 regarding the posting of carbon monoxide detector requirements, gas leak procedures, street number visibility, and housing information guide notices in common areas.

However, it is worth noting that the building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug control, with no reported infestations or required eradications in the past six years of mandated reporting (2018-2024). The property has also successfully passed multiple rodent inspections between 2018-2019, suggesting generally effective pest management. Recent permit activity from October 2018 indicates some level of building maintenance or improvements during that period.