709 Fountain Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

709 Fountain Avenue is a 3-unit, 3-story residential building constructed in 2005 in East New York, currently owned by David Simon. The building has experienced several maintenance issues over the years, with the most recent concerns emerging in 2025 including cabinet problems and multiple pest-related incidents, all of which resulted in HPD violations.

In March 2023, a violation was recorded for failure to file the annual bedbug report, and between 2021-2022, the building faced significant issues in Apartment 3, including an infestation of ants and mice, scalding hot water concerns, and multiple safety violations related to window guards, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors, all of which were eventually certified as corrected. The building's history also shows two emergency heat/hot water complaints in 2019 and 2020, and various maintenance issues in 2018 including problems with stairs, doors, and the intercom system.

The Department of Buildings conducted an inspection in 2021 regarding a potential illegal cellar conversion, which documented a completed bathroom with plumbing fixtures, while an ECB violation was issued for occupancy contrary to allowed records, though this violation was resolved in 2022 with a $2,500 penalty. Between 2019 and 2025, the building has consistently filed bedbug reports showing no infestation (0 units reported), and passed rodent inspections in 2012 and 2014. Current bedbug reporting requirements have been met, with the most recent filings confirming no infested or eradicated units for the periods under review, suggesting effective pest management in this regard.