78 Devoe Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

78 Devoe Street is a three-story, five-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, built in 1930 and currently owned by Antonio Russo. The building has a concerning and persistent record of housing maintenance code violations related to bedbug reporting compliance, with open violations documented in four consecutive years from 2021 through 2024.

These violations indicate the owner's failure to file the required annual bedbug reports with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), as mandated by the Housing Maintenance Code. In addition to these ongoing bedbug reporting violations, there was a significant complaint filed in November 2020 regarding the building's certificate of occupancy status, suggesting possible illegal conditions or occupancy contrary to the official certificate.

This complaint was investigated by the Department of Buildings in February 2021, though records indicate access to the building was denied during the inspection, which is noted as "Access Denied – 2nd Attempt" in the disposition. While this complaint was eventually closed in February 2021, the denied access raises concerns about compliance verification procedures. The building's record suggests ongoing challenges with regulatory compliance, particularly regarding required documentation and reporting, spanning multiple years and different regulatory requirements.