289 Schaefer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

289 Schaefer Street is a 3-story, 6-unit residential building constructed in 1906 in Bushwick, currently owned by Carlos Rivera. The property has experienced several maintenance issues, most notably in late 2023 when multiple complaints were filed regarding various conditions including flooring, walls, ceilings, and the presence of mold and pests.

These complaints, all registered on October 29, 2023, were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though no violations were issued and the cases were subsequently closed between January 2024 and February 2024. Prior to these recent issues, the building was cited in March 2022 for failing to file the required annual bedbug report, though this violation was ultimately marked as closed.

On a positive note, the building has demonstrated consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since 2020, showing no instances of infestation in any of the reported periods. More recently, 289 Schaefer Street has maintained a passing record in rodent inspections, with successful results in all four inspections conducted between 2012 and 2025, most recently in April 2025. While the recent series of complaints indicates some maintenance challenges, the lack of violations resulting from HPD investigations suggests that the issues may not have reached the level of legal infractions, though they still merit attention from a resident comfort perspective.