271 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

271 Union Street is a four-story, five-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Carroll Gardens, built in 1920 and currently owned by Maria Ruggeri. The building has experienced recurring pest management issues over the past few years, particularly with rodents, as evidenced by multiple 311 complaints and inspections between 2019 and 2021, including documented rat sightings and conditions attracting rodents in March 2021, with follow-up inspections revealing rat activity and bait applications.

A particularly concerning cluster of complaints emerged in August 2020, when multiple issues were reported including broken window guards, mold, pest infestations, window frame problems, and appliance issues (refrigerator and gas range), though inspections generally resulted in no violations being issued. The building's maintenance record shows one open violation from November 2019 related to mouse infestation in Apartment 1, along with a 2021 violation regarding the annual bedbug report requirements.

Since 2021, however, there has been significant improvement in the building's conditions: all the previously mentioned violations have been closed, and the building has maintained a consistent record of having no infested units in the bedbug reporting period from 2019 to 2024, with zero units documented as infested, re-infested, or requiring eradication in the most recent three years of reporting. The most recent rodent inspections in 2021 showed compliance with no active rodent issues or bait applications necessary. The property has demonstrated improved maintenance practices over the past few years, with no significant health or safety complaints recorded since the cluster of issues in 2020.