170 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

The three-story, eight-unit old law tenement building at 170 Graham Avenue in Williamsburg, owned by George Aviles, presents several significant concerning issues as of July 2025. Most notably, there is an active open Housing Maintenance Code violation from 2024 requiring the building to file annual bedbug reports, indicating potential ongoing pest management challenges. The building has a documented history of structural and safety concerns, particularly evident from a series of 2021 violations regarding building stability, including unauthorized structural shoring work in the cellar, sloping floors throughout the building, and cosmetic cracking, which led to multiple Environmental Control Board violations with significant penalties totaling over $10,000.

A complaint about building shaking/vibrating/structural stability was filed and inspected in August 2021, though it was subsequently closed. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has received multiple food-related complaints connected to the building between 2018-2024, including issues with spoiled food and contamination, though most of these complaints have been closed or administratively resolved. The building has experienced rodent-related issues, with an initial inspection in October 2016 showing rat activity, followed by a passing inspection that same month.

More recently, a March 2022 compliance inspection failed for "Other Reasons" related to rodent concerns. Multiple open violations from 2021 and 2022 regarding the failure to maintain the building in a code-compliant manner, particularly concerning structural issues and unauthorized work, remain unresolved. Despite these significant issues, there have been no recent building inspections on record from 2022 onward that specifically address these ongoing concerns.