881 East 23rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11210

881 East 23rd Street in Midwood, presently owned by Jackie Herbst, is a 3-story building with a troubling history of maintenance and safety issues. Most notably, the building has accumulated four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2021 and 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, suggesting ongoing pest management compliance issues.

The property has experienced multiple structural concerns, particularly in recent years, with four complaints regarding building shaking, vibrating, and structural stability between 2022 and 2023. These structural complaints are particularly concerning, with one incident in June 2023 leading to a full vacate order, and another in May 2022 resulting in an Oath Violation being served. The building's physical condition has deteriorated significantly, evidenced by two Environmental Control Board violations issued in May 2022 relating to failure to maintain the building and adjacent garage, citing issues such as rotted wood, loose shingles, and a decrepit roof, though these violations were subsequently resolved.

In June 2023, the Department of Buildings issued active violations requiring the fully demolition of the building and the erection of construction fencing around the site, indicating serious concerns about the building's structural integrity and safety. While the property had passed rodent inspections in 2015 and 2019, the current status of these issues is unknown. The combination of persistent bedbug report violations, structural stability complaints, and recent demolition orders suggests significant ongoing challenges at this property, though it's important to note that some violations have been resolved or closed, including two building shaking complaints in 2022 and 2023 that were inspected but no violations were warranted at the time.