679 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

679 Lorimer Street is a 4-story, 8-unit New Law Tenement building in Williamsburg, constructed in 1928 and currently owned by Chiu Leung Lai. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past 18 months, with two separate building-wide complaints in June 2024 and a more recent apartment-specific complaint in January 2025, though HPD was unable to gain access for inspections in some cases.

Additionally, there were two general cooking gas complaints in June 2024, with similar access issues preventing proper inspection. The building has maintained a clean bill of health regarding bedbugs, with six consecutive annual reports from 2018-2024 showing zero infested units, and all previous bedbug-related violations from 2021-2022 have been closed. Rodent inspections show mixed results: while a December 2019 compliance inspection passed, there was rat activity noted in November 2019, though this was addressed with bait application in January 2017, and a subsequent April 2017 inspection passed.

The building's violation history shows a pattern of heat/hot water and gas-related issues in recent years, with the most concerning being the emergency-level heat/hot water complaints in 2024-2025. However, it's worth noting that the building has consistently reported zero bedbug cases over multiple reporting periods, and the most recent rodent-related issues appear to have been resolved over four years ago. The property has been subject to multiple emergency-level complaints and inspections in the past 18 months, indicating ongoing maintenance challenges that may impact resident comfort.