31 Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

31 Montrose Avenue in Williamsburg is a 6-unit, 3-story building constructed in 1920, currently owned by Pincus Schwimmer. The building has experienced several notable issues over the past years, particularly between 2019 and 2020, when there were documented complaints regarding unsanitary conditions including pests in June 2020 and indoor sewage odors in June 2020, the latter prompting a departmental advisory to the owner.

An emergency complaint regarding heat/hot water issues was filed and investigated in January 2019, though no violations were found. The building has been subject to annual bedbug reporting requirements between 2021 and 2024, with no reported infestations or eradications during these periods, and the most recent filing in April 2024 indicated zero infested units. More recent inspections have shown some structural concerns, with a building shaking/vibrating complaint investigated in January 2023 resulting in no violations, and an illegal hotel room complaint in April 2020 that was also found to have no violations upon inspection.

While the building has had multiple rodent activity reports from 2014, with bait applied during several inspections, there have been no documented rodent issues in recent years. The property has maintained consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since their implementation, and the most recent violations in 2021-2022 were primarily related to the annual bedbug reporting requirement, rather than indicating active infestations. The building is currently classified as an OLD LAW TENEMENT under NYC building regulations.