553 Williams Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

553 Williams Avenue is a 2-story, 4-unit residential tenement building located in East New York, constructed in 1930 and currently owned by Aharon Silber. The building has experienced various maintenance issues over the years, with the most recent significant violation occurring in April 2021 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD, though this violation has since been marked as closed. The property has maintained a clean bedbug record since 2022, with no reported infestations in any units during the past four reporting periods from 2022 to 2025.

A notable cluster of violations was documented in April 1996, primarily affecting the second floor west apartment (Unit 4), including issues with broken windows, defective floor materials, and rodent/vermin problems, along with several building-wide maintenance concerns such as a defective skylight, broken marble stair nosings, and mailbox repairs needed – all of which were subsequently addressed. The building's maintenance history shows some recurring issues, particularly in the mid-1990s when multiple violations were documented for various building components. More recently, there were violations noted in 2005 regarding inadequate entrance lighting and the aforementioned bedbug reporting violation in 2021.

The building's rodent inspection results from 2011-2012 show mostly passing grades, with one initial failure in October 2012, suggesting some past challenges with pest control that appear to have been resolved. The most recent bedbug reports from 2022 to 2025 indicate thorough compliance with reporting requirements, showing no infestations across all reporting periods, suggesting improved pest management practices in recent years. The building's overall violation history indicates that while there have been multiple maintenance issues over the years, most historical violations have been addressed, with recent reports showing improved compliance, particularly regarding pest management and reporting requirements.