151 Newton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

151 Newton Street is a 4-story, 8-unit residential building constructed in 1928 in Greenpoint, currently owned by 151 Newton Street LLC. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, most notably in early 2023 when a fire incident occurred in first-floor apartment 1R, requiring remediation of fire damage and resulting in multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations.

In early 2023, three violations were documented regarding safety concerns, including missing skylight glass panes, defective self-closing doors leading to the basement, and inadequate electrical service to fourth-floor hallway fixtures. A Compliance Violation regarding an inadequate Tenant Protection Plan was issued to Orlo Construction LLC in February 2023, with a penalty of $1,250. More recently, in 2023, the building has incurred three active violations for failure to file annual external low-pressure inspections for 2018, 2021, and 2022.

The building's heating and hot water systems have experienced at least one notable failure in April 2022, though this was reportedly resolved within a day. While there had been recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance in previous years (as evidenced by violations in 2021-2023), recent filings for the bedbug reporting period from November 2023 to October 2024 show no infested units, indicating successful remediation efforts. The building's most recent bedbug reports from 2023-2024 show no infestation cases and indicate effective control measures, as do the reports for 2022-2023 and 2021-2022, which previously showed violations for non-filing.