226 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn

A Bed-Stuy four-family with open class C violations and recurring water leak complaints.

Four-unit Bed-Stuy brick building held by officer Kitashia McGonigle since a 2005 deed transfer. Ten open code violations and active tenant complaints show ongoing maintenance backlogs across multiple apartments. Three things to know:

Ten open violations in four units, centered on severe pests and leaks. The building carries 10 open housing-code violations across its four units. In September 2025, an inspector cited a class C immediately hazardous roach infestation in Apartment 1, alongside open ceiling leaks and missing kitchen counters. Apartment B2 carries older unresolved 2024 citations for bathroom water leaks and damaged plaster.

Indoor air quality and food-venting complaints cluster in the surrounding block radius. Within three blocks of the building, 5 indoor air quality calls and 5 food establishment complaints were logged in the past year, with air quality issues noted through September 2026. Combined with internal reports of mold and dampness in September 2025, air and vapor transfer through risers is an active risk.

Active interior work without open permits logged alongside maintenance issues. In September 2025, complaints flagged active unpermitted work inside the occupied residential building alongside simultaneous calls for mold, damp spots, pests, and non-working electrical lighting.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 118 illegal parking calls within three blocks, primarily 56 blocked hydrants and 21 double-parked vehicles
• 69 residential noise complaints within three blocks over the past 12 months, mostly loud music and parties
• 25 rodent complaints recorded across the three-block radius through September 2026

226 Van Buren Street is a 4-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3016140030). This building is associated with Mcgonigle, Owen. Brix tracks 10 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1920, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 17 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Unsanitary Condition: 5 complaints
• Door/window: 4 complaints
• Plumbing: 3 complaints
• Electric: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed September 1, 2025.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017
• § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1s
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING COUNTERTOP AT BASE CABINETS AT WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT
• § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT

The building last changed hands on October 7, 2005, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 26/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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