181 Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

181 Montrose Avenue is a 4-story, 8-unit residential building in Williamsburg, constructed in 1920 and currently owned by James Pappas. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout early 2025, with multiple complaints filed between January and February 2025, suggesting ongoing system reliability problems. These complaints, though typically resolved with temporary restorations of service, indicate a persistent pattern of heating system concerns.

Prior to these recent issues, the building faced several significant maintenance challenges, including multiple violations related to door closure mechanisms and security systems in 2022-2023, with specific violations regarding self-closing doors and defective locks on the building's main entrance. The building's maintenance history shows some positive developments, with only one reported bedbug incident between 2022-2023 (according to the April 2024 filing), though there were multiple bedbug reporting violations documented in previous years (2021-2024). Recent inspections (2018-2019) generally showed compliance with rodent control measures, though there was one instance of rat activity recorded in October 2018.

The building has multiple open violations as of June 2023 regarding failure to file external low pressure inspections for 2018 and 2019, indicating possible unresolved safety system maintenance issues. Previous emergency violations in 2020 regarding certification of corrections suggest there may have been historical challenges with timely addressing building code requirements. While the building has experienced various maintenance issues over the years, it's important to note that most documented violations have been closed, and recent bedbug and rodent control inspections have shown mostly passing results.