186 Withers Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

186 Withers Street is a 3-story, 5-unit residential tenement building located in Williamsburg, constructed in 1928 and currently owned by Rosa Ruggiero. The building has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water systems, as evidenced by three separate emergency complaints in 2020, 2021, and most recently in September 2022, though heat and hot water were reportedly restored in each instance. Plumbing issues have also been documented, most recently in September 2022, which required intervention from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

The building's maintenance history includes violations requiring the filing of annual bedbug reports (as of March 2023) and an open violation from April 2020 regarding rust scale removal and repainting of components on the North stack fire escape. Multiple boiler-related complaints were filed in December 2021, though inspectors were unable to gain access to the building during their attempts to investigate. A gas utility referral was investigated in June 2024, but no violations were found.

On a positive note, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all five annual reports from 2020 through 2025 indicating zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units. All bedbug reporting requirements appear to have been met consistently, with the most recent filing showing no current infestations. While the building has experienced multiple service disruptions over the past few years, particularly concerning heating systems, the absence of major safety violations or recurring pest problems suggests a mixed but manageable maintenance history. The most recent available data indicates that while there are ongoing maintenance challenges, particularly with building systems like heat and water, the building has not experienced any significant new issues since mid-2024, and the bedbug situation has been effectively managed.