700 Evergreen Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207
The three-story, four-unit Old Law Tenement building at 700 Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Emilio Torres and constructed in 1912, has experienced significant maintenance challenges in recent years. Most notably, the building suffered substantial fire damage in August 2019 affecting an entire floor, with damages reported in apartments 2L, 2R, 3L, and 3R, including compromised fire-retardant plaster in public areas.
The property has remained under active violation status since 2019 for failing to file mandatory annual bedbug reports, and more recently, has faced persistent rodent issues, with multiple inspections between 2022 and 2025 indicating regular rat activity despite bait applications. The building's maintenance history shows recurring problems with garbage/recycling storage, though inspections in 2022-2023 by HPD found no violations.
There is also an open violation from 2019 regarding building maintenance following the fire incident, and recent 311 complaints in 2023 reported rat sightings. Inspections in 2024-2025 continue to show rat activity, though the Department of Health's Rat Inspections have been applying bait regularly. Despite these ongoing issues, records show multiple permit issuances between 2020 and 2022 for various work, suggesting some effort to address the building's maintenance needs, though the presence of active violations indicates that compliance with all housing maintenance codes has not been fully achieved.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 4 |
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Year built | 1912 |
Total area | 4650 sq ft |
Floors | 3 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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- 98 Covert St, New York, NY 11207
- 700 Evergreen Ave, New York, NY 11207
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