205 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

The three-story, five-unit tenement building at 205 Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Haim Zarif, has experienced several notable maintenance and safety issues since 2021. Most prominently, there have been ongoing concerns regarding smoke detector compliance, with an emergency complaint filed in December 2021 that could not be inspected by HPD. The building has also been subject to multiple bedbug reporting violations between 2021 and 2024, though the most recent filing in May 2023 indicated no infested units during the 2021-2022 reporting period.

A significant 2023 violation was issued for failure to file the 2018 external low-pressure inspection, which remains active as of October 2023. Recent pest control inspections reveal persistent rodent activity, with rat activity documented in March and May 2025, as well as in April 2024. However, there were also periods of compliance passing inspections.

The building's history shows some attention to maintenance issues, with permits issued in December 2018 and January 2019 for work categorized as EW (presumably alteration work) and PL (plumbing work), though specific details about the scope of this work are not provided in the records. Complaints regarding gas hook-ups/piping and construction work were investigated but resulted in no violations being warranted upon inspection. The building's age (constructed in 1931) and location in a densely populated area contribute to its typical pattern of maintenance challenges, though the persistent nature of certain violations suggests ongoing attention may be required to address these issues.