597 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222

The three-unit, three-story tenement building at 597 Morgan Avenue in Greenpoint, owned by Marshall Kesten, has a notable history of maintenance and safety issues since 2020. The building, constructed in 1901, experienced several significant violations during 2020, including fire escape safety concerns (resolved with a required shoe installation), wall paint issues, and multiple lead paint hazard violations specifically affecting Apartment 2. This apartment also required intervention for a roach infestation in March 2020.

Additional safety concerns were documented in 2020 with violations related to the building's fire escape system. While these issues were formally closed, they indicate a period of required remediation work. The property has shown improvements in subsequent years, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past five annual reports (2021-2025), and recent bedbug reporting shows zero infested or previously infested units as of December 2024. Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2020 regarding bedbug reporting requirements were documented across 2020-2023, though these appear to have been resolved.

The building's most recent inspection history shows compliance with bedbug reporting requirements as of December 2024, with no active violations on record. A smoking violation from late 2019 was also closed. The Department of Buildings received and referred one complaint to HPD in June 2020, but this was not indicative of ongoing issues. The building's violation history suggests that while significant issues were addressed during 2020, there has been generally improved maintenance and compliance in recent years, with no major recurring problems reported since 2020.