2236 Strauss Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

2236 Strauss Street is a 2-story, 4-unit New Law tenement building located in Brownsville and owned by Anthony Graham. Built in 1930, the property has experienced several significant issues over recent years, most notably a serious incident of fire damage in apartment 2R in June 2021, though violations related to this incident were subsequently closed.

The building has faced recurring safety and maintenance challenges, particularly in 2022 when multiple violations were documented regarding defective self-closing doors across several apartments (1R, 2R, 2F) and public areas, as well as construction material encumbrances and a free-standing radiator nuisance on the 2nd story public hall. The building's history includes notable compliance issues, particularly between 2018-2019, when multiple violations were recorded regarding occupancy and conversion matters, resulting in several ECB violations for failure to comply with commission orders and file necessary certificates of correction, though all these violations were ultimately resolved. There were also pest-related concerns, with a 311 complaint about pests in 2018, though no violations were issued following HPD inspection.

Interestingly, the building appears to have maintained a successful bedbug prevention record since 2020, with all subsequent annual reports (most recent filing in June 2024) showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units. While the Department of Buildings has recorded some violations related to failure to certify correction on hazardous violations in late 2018, these were dismissed in 2019. A rodent inspection in October 2017 showed a failed result for unspecified reasons.