684 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, two-unit building at 684 Bushwick Avenue, owned by Ben Mokhtar and constructed in 2011, has experienced several notable maintenance issues over the past five years. The most significant concerns occurred in late 2020 when the entire building faced multiple complaints regarding heat and hot water issues, prompting several emergency violations. In 2021, there were additional complaints about building access issues, particularly concerning the mailbox and intercom systems, though these complaints were ultimately closed without inspection.

While the building has maintained a regular schedule of bedbug reporting showing no infestations since 2019 and passed multiple rodent inspections in 2023-2025, there are several outstanding safety concerns from 2018 that remain unresolved. These include code violations related to smoke detector maintenance, emergency procedures, and required signage in common areas, all noted during a September 2018 inspection. The building's history also includes several Department of Buildings complaints from 2018-2020, including investigations into illegal hotel rooms, boiler issues, illegal conversions, and parking violations.

While most of these complaints were closed without warranting violations, they indicate some historical compliance concerns. More recently, the property has consistently filed its bedbug reports showing no infestations, though there were four consecutive years (2021-2024) where violations for failure to file the required annual bedbug report were recorded. The most recent inspection results from 2025 show improved compliance, with all recent inspections passing, though these findings should be viewed in light of the building's complex violation history.