1343 40th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218

1343 40th Street is a two-story, four-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Nicholas Galiatsats. The property has experienced recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance, with open violations noted in both 2023 and 2024 for failing to file the required annual bedbug reports under Housing Maintenance Code regulations. While a complete bedbug report for the period 2020-2021 was submitted in March 2022 indicating no infestations, the ongoing violations suggest continued noncompliance with reporting requirements.

The building has faced significant recent construction-related violations, particularly in 2024, with multiple citations issued for work conducted without proper permits. These violations include active ECB (Environmental Control Board) violations totaling $20,000 in penalties, with specifics indicating unauthorized work involving a vertical extension and parapet brick wall construction using pipe scaffolding. Three separate ECB violations correlate with these unauthorized construction activities, all linked to respondent Zvi Ortner.

The most recent violations occurred in April 2024 and included observations of workers continuing construction work despite previously issued stop-work orders, with one violation noting that posted stop-work notices had been removed from the main entrance. Prior to these, an August 2023 violation documented unauthorized construction of a vertical extension and steel porch. The building's relatively minor historical issues have escalated to more serious safety and compliance concerns, particularly regarding construction practices and bedbug reporting requirements.