7609 21st Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The three-story, six-unit tenement building at 7609 21st Avenue in Bensonhurst, owned by Yaakov Gutfreund, was constructed in 1927 and has experienced several notable maintenance and safety issues over recent years. In 2019, there were multiple violations including a broken window guard safety issue (which was inspected and closed with no violations issued), an open violation regarding failure to provide required records from Apartment 3R, and another open violation concerning damaged bricks and mortar on the front parapet wall.

While there was one housing maintenance violation issued in 2022 regarding the failure to file an annual bedbug report, this appears to be an administrative issue as the building's bedbug reporting record from 2019 through 2025 shows consistent compliance, with all six annual reports indicating zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units between 2019 and 2024. The building's maintenance and safety record shows a mix of issues primarily concentrated in 2019, most of which appear to have been addressed or resolved.

The window guard safety complaint, which was relatively minor and closed without violations, was the only safety-related issue reported through the 311 system. Since 2022, the building has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, consistently showing no infestations, and while there were some housing maintenance violations in 2019, these appear to be primarily related to documentation and building maintenance rather than resident safety concerns. The most recent bedbug report filing in December 2024 indicates continued compliance with housing maintenance codes regarding pest reporting.