475 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

The four-story, five-unit residential building at 475 Hicks Street in Cobble Hill, owned by Ben Herskowitz, is a 1920-era Old Law Tenement that has maintained a consistent record regarding bedbug management over the past several years. The property experienced one notable housing maintenance code violation in April 2021 related to the timely filing of its annual bedbug report, though this violation has since been closed.

Since that incident, the building has demonstrated full compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with the most recent report filed in December 2024 indicating no cases of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation in any of its dwelling units during the specified reporting periods from 2020 through 2024. The bedbug reports, which cover annual periods from November to October, show a consistent pattern of proper management and reporting, with all documented periods showing zero affected units.

The building has successfully maintained a record free of bedbug incidents since the 2021 violation, with timely submissions of bedbug reports appearing to be properly addressed moving forward. The property remains classified as an Old Law Tenement, typical of its 1920 construction date, and has maintained an otherwise clean record with no other significant violations or incidents noted in recent years, focusing primarily on compliance with the city's bedbug reporting requirements.