117 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

117 Henry Street is a five-story, eight-unit converted Class A residential building located in Brooklyn Heights, built in 1899 and currently owned by Phyllis Devito. The building has a recurring pattern of housing maintenance code violations related to bedbug reporting compliance, with notices issued in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in 2024, though all these violations have been closed and the building has maintained a clean record for actual infestations, as evidenced by zero reported infested units in all bedbug reports between 2022 and 2025. In 2024, the building received a Class C violation regarding defective self-closing doors at the public hall entrance on the first story, which has since been closed.

The property's maintenance record shows attention to rodent control, with regular inspections conducted since 2013. While most inspections have passed, there was a notification of rat activity in March 2025, though this was subsequently addressed in a later compliance inspection in June 2025. The building experienced one Department of Buildings violation in 2023 related to an external low-pressure inspection filing, which was later dismissed.

A complaint regarding an illegal advertising sign or poster was received in May 2025, resulting in referral to the Department of Sanitation. Despite the documented violations, the building's recent inspection results and bedbug reporting history suggest that any issues have been addressed promptly. The most pressing concerns have been related to procedural compliance rather than health or safety matters, and the property has maintained a generally positive inspection record across various compliance domains, including rodent control and building maintenance.