557 Williams Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

557 Williams Avenue is a two-story, 4-unit New Law Tenement building located in East New York and currently owned by Delores Beckford. The building, constructed in 1930, has experienced several significant issues over the past decade, with the most concerning being an active pattern of bedbug reporting violations from 2021 through 2024, indicating non-compliance with NYC Housing Maintenance Code requirements for annual bedbug reporting.

In 2018, there was a heat and hot water complaint affecting the entire building that could not be inspected due to lack of access. More recently, there are two active Environmental Control Board violations from 2018-2019 related to unauthorized construction work and failure to comply with correction orders, each carrying a penalty of $1,250. The building has also faced several maintenance and safety compliance issues, including a 2018 violation for inadequate waste management in the south yard, and multiple failures to post required safety notices regarding gas leaks and housing information guides.

In terms of pest management, the property underwent rodent inspections in 2011-2012, with one initial inspection failing for "Other Reasons." A complaint regarding an illegal conversion was filed in 2021, though access was denied for inspection. The most recent building permit issued was in January 2019 for unspecified work. While the building has demonstrated some responsiveness to previous violations (such as the 2018 refuse accumulation issue which was closed after remediation), the ongoing bedbug reporting violations and active ECB penalties suggest persistent non-compliance with certain housing maintenance requirements.