789 Fountain Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 789 Fountain Avenue in East New York, owned by Jose Felipe and constructed in 2008, has experienced several notable maintenance and safety issues in recent years. Most significantly, an August 2023 inspection by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) revealed multiple open violations related to safety and maintenance requirements, including missing fire door repairs, inadequate safety signage, and improper door closures.

These violations encompass critical areas such as fire safety (self-closing doors), emergency procedures (gas leak notice), and general building safety (carbon monoxide detector requirements). While some violations from this inspection have since been closed, including those related to public hall encumbrances and various other safety requirements, several remain open as of the latest inspection records. The building has also faced ongoing maintenance concerns, as evidenced by a November 2023 complaint regarding unsanitary garbage/recycling storage conditions, which was closed without violations being issued.

More recently, in 2024, a violation was issued regarding the failure to file an annual bedbug report, although the subsequent bedbug reporting for the period of November 2022 to October 2023 showed no infested units. The property's compliance history includes a passed rodent inspection in 2012, though a 2023 zoning complaint was referred to the New York Police Department. While the building has undergone various inspections and repairs over the years, the persistence of certain safety violations, particularly those related to fire safety systems and emergency procedures, indicates ongoing maintenance challenges within this relatively new construction.