240 New Jersey Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

240 New Jersey Avenue is a 16-unit, 4-story New Law Tenement building located in East New York, constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Keshan Garib. The building has experienced several maintenance issues recently, with the most notable being an active pest infestation violation from July 2024, and multiple violations regarding fire escape obstruction due to potted plants on balconies (December 2023) and a missing or defective bulkhead door self-closing mechanism (July 2024).

In November 2023, the building faced violations related to a pest infestation in Apartment C1, specifically involving mice and roaches, though these violations were marked as closed in November 2023. The property has a concerning pattern of maintenance issues, with the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) responding to multiple non-emergency complaints in early 2025 regarding general maintenance issues such as paint/plaster work (in walls, ceilings, and floors), flooring conditions, and issues with cabinets, appliances, and the bell/intercom system. Two unsanitary conditions complaints involving pests were also recorded during this period.

The building has multiple open violations related to boiler inspection failures, with records showing failure to file annual boiler inspection reports from 2017 through 2021, though inspections from 2022 onwards show no violations on record. The property has maintained a regular bedbug reporting history from 2019 through 2021, consistently reporting zero infested units, and most recently passed a rodent inspection in September 2023, following a July 2023 inspection that noted rat activity. The building's age, combined with this pattern of maintenance issues and open violations, suggests ongoing challenges with building upkeep and resident amenities, though many recent complaints have been resolved through HPD inspections.