1704 Avenue M, Brooklyn

Active class C violations for cooking gas and hot water sit alongside ground-floor food complaints at this Midwood address.

This Midwood building carries 20 open housing violations — including 5 class C immediate hazards — on a property registered as a single-family home (K4 classification). Recent filings show active utility disruptions, pest issues, and commercial food complaints. Three things to know:

Class C citations for cooking gas and hot water are actively open. Code enforcement officers issued immediate-hazard class C citations in August 2026 for lack of cooking gas in Apartment 2 and locked boiler room access, following hot water violations earlier that month. A cooking gas complaint from July 30, 2026, remains open.

Food establishment complaints indicate kitchen odor and pest issues. Two food establishment complaints hit the building in spring 2026 reporting spoiled food and rodents/insects/garbage. Food odors and commercial kitchen waste often bleed through shared risers or rear yards into living quarters above commercial spaces.

Multiple unit citations conflict with the single-family tax classification. Housing inspectors have repeatedly cited Apartment 2 and second-floor layouts for leaks, roaches, and plaster damage. Housing records explicitly reference multi-unit layouts ('APT 2', 'APT 2FL') on a building categorized in tax records as a single-family dwelling.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 294 illegal parking complaints within three blocks last year, mostly blocked hydrants and sidewalk obstructions
• Deed was transferred into a family lifetime trust in June 2021

1704 Avenue M is a 1-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3067460002). This building is associated with Schechtman, Dennis. Brix tracks 19 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1931, this retail building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 18 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: 6 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 4 complaints
• Water Leak: 3 complaints
• General: 2 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed July 30, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2017
• § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
• § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM
• § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

The building last changed hands on June 25, 2021, according to recorded deeds.

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