817 Avenue N, Brooklyn, NY 11230

The three-unit residential building at 817 Avenue N in Midwood, owned by Rachel Michael and constructed in 1931, has experienced several concerning issues in recent years. Most notably, there are persistent Health Maintenance Code violations regarding annual bedbug report filings for each year from 2021 through 2024, with the most recent violation still remaining open as of April 2024.

More significantly, in July 2023, two serious Environmental Control Board violations were issued against the property related to unsafe building conditions: one for inadequate fire stopping with 95% of the first-floor wood stud frame walls and ceiling joists removed, and another for unpermitted full gut renovation work on the first floor involving temporary wood and metal shoring and an improperly installed H beam. These violations carry associated penalties of $2,500 and $1,250, respectively, which remain outstanding.

The property has also been subject to multiple Department of Buildings investigations and complaints between 2023 and 2025, including allegations of work without a permit and work contrary to a stop work order, though most of these complaints were ultimately closed with no violations found upon inspection. A rodent inspection conducted in January 2020 resulted in a passing grade, and there are two construction-related permits on record from 2018 and 2020, though the specific details of these permits and their current status are not provided in the available data.