665 Watkins Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

The two-story, four-unit tenement building at 665 Watkins Street in Brownsville, owned by Robert Davis and constructed in 1930, has a significant number of ongoing maintenance issues as of July 2025.

Most notably, there is a recurring pattern of non-compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with open violations in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, indicating persistent failure to file the required annual bedbug reports as mandated by Housing Maintenance Code § HMC. In addition to these health and safety concerns, the building has multiple open violations from 2020 requiring attention to basic infrastructure and security features, including the need to replace or repair the building's wrought iron street entrance door, which has been cited for several problems: an improper plexiglass installation (violation of § 27-2005 ADM CODE), a defective door handle assembly (violation of § 27-2005 ADM CODE), and the need for a proper entrance door refit (violation of § 27-2005 ADM CODE).

The building's entryway also requires proper signage to display the registration number assigned by the Department (violation of § 27-2104 ADM CODE). While there were some repairs made in 2020, as evidenced by the closure of a violation regarding defective ceramic floor tiles in the vestibule, the persistence of these other violations suggests ongoing maintenance challenges within the property.