147 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

147 Starr Street is a 4-story, 8-unit residential building built in 1931 located in Bushwick, currently owned by Jacob Sacks. The building has experienced numerous maintenance issues in recent months, with multiple emergency complaints regarding unsanitary conditions including mold (most recently in May 2025), water leaks, and pest infestations. The property has an ongoing rodent problem, evidenced by recent rat activity inspections in March, May, and June 2025, despite previous inspections showing "passed" results in 2021-2022.

Housing Maintenance Code violations from December 2024 remain open, concerning defective self-closing doors in the cellar, and there are active ECB violations for failure to maintain the building in a code-compliant manner, particularly regarding a disrepair wooden fence and interior wall cracks. The building's maintenance history shows persistent issues with water-related problems, as evidenced by multiple mold and water leak complaints throughout 2025. While there have been some improvements, such as the closure of several violations through proper repairs, including the vestibule wall work completed in February 2025, the building continues to face challenges with maintaining basic habitability standards.

The property has maintained regular rodent inspections, passing most but failing to resolve current rat activity issues as of mid-2025. Additionally, there are two active violations regarding required boiler inspections from 2017 and 2018 that have not been resolved. The most recent bedbug report from December 2024 indicates one unit was treated and declared eradicated, though it represents the second infestation notice in recent years.