2034 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204

The four-unit, two-story tenement at 2034 68th Street in Bensonhurst, built in 1931 and currently owned by Louis Grippi, has experienced several significant maintenance and regulatory issues over the past few years. Most notably, in 2021, the building underwent what appears to be unauthorized renovation work, leading to multiple Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations regarding the improper removal of fire stopping systems, failure to maintain code compliance, and working without proper permits.

These violations, which were considered immediately hazardous (Class 1), resulted in penalties totaling over $30,000, though records indicate these violations were ultimately dismissed by 2022. The owner also faced issues related to bedbug reporting compliance, receiving multiple violations between 2021 and 2024 for failing to file annual bedbug reports, though there have been no reported infestations during the documented reporting periods of 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, with all units showing as "not infested" and "not re-infested." The building's violation history reveals a pattern of regulatory non-compliance, particularly in 2021, when multiple ECB violations were issued for failing to comply with commissioner orders and file required corrections.

While these issues appear to have been resolved in subsequent years, with no recent violations recorded since 2022, the history suggests a period of significant management oversight. The bedbug reporting violations were all classified as "Class A," indicating they were not immediately hazardous but still required attention. The most recent building violation from 2021 relating to failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous condition was resolved by March 2022, suggesting improved compliance in more recent years.