221 East 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218

221 East 2nd Street in Kensington is a two-story, four-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Rahim Siunykalimi. The building has experienced several notable issues over recent years, particularly between 2018-2020, when multiple complaints regarding work without proper permits were filed, including two instances of illegal after-hours work.

These culminated in two active Environmental Control Board violations from December 2019, with penalties totaling $18,750 related to unauthorized demolition work in a second-floor apartment and inadequate housekeeping conditions. There remains an active violation from September 2020 regarding the failure to certify corrections on immediately hazardous conditions related to these ECB violations. More recently, the building has maintained proper bedbug reporting compliance, with the most recent report for the period ending October 2024 showing no infested, eradicated, or re-infested units.

The property had three consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2021-2023 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these appear to have been corrected, as evidenced by the 2024 bedbug filings showing proper compliance. Of note, there were multiple instances in 2020 where inspectors were unable to gain access during investigations of various complaints, though these complaints were ultimately closed with no violations warranted. The building's current status shows improved compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with no reported infestations in the past three reporting periods.