175 Powers Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

175 Powers Street is a three-story, 10-unit mixed-use building in Williamsburg, owned by Solomon Jacobs and dating back to 1900. The property has experienced several notable events over recent years, including multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2021-2023 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations. In 2018, the building was the subject of an illegal conversion complaint regarding the cellar being used as music recording studios with numbered spaces, resulting in an Environmental Control Board violation.

A 2019 complaint questioned the building's certificate of occupancy status, though inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. More recently, in 2024, a complaint was filed regarding the sprinkler system, but no violations were found upon inspection. The building's maintenance record shows attention to pest management, with consistent bedbug reporting from 2019 to the present showing zero infested or eradicated units throughout all reporting periods.

Prior rodent inspections indicated a rat activity finding in 2014, but a compliance inspection in 2015 showed improved conditions. The property has undergone regular inspections and responded to complaints, demonstrating ongoing management oversight, though the repeated bedbug report violations over multiple years indicate a pattern of noncompliance with HPD regulations. The most recent bedbug report from December 2024 shows continued compliance with reporting requirements, though no violations were issued during the multiple years that violations were documented.