290 President Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

The three-unit residential building at 290 President Street in Carroll Gardens, owned by Susan Laufer and constructed in 1899, has maintained an interesting pattern of bedbug-related regulatory compliance over the past several years. Notably, the building has consistently generated violations related to the filing of annual bedbug reports under Housing Maintenance Code § HMC, with inspection dates recorded in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 all showing this same infraction.

However, despite these repeated violations, the bedbug reports themselves present an entirely different picture of the building's condition: all three annual filings from 2021 through 2024 (covering the periods 2019-2020, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023) indicate a complete absence of bedbug activity, with zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero cases of re-infestation recorded. The most recent bedbug report filing in April 2024 confirmed the same clean slate, with no recorded infestations during the reporting period from November 2022 to October 2023.

While the pattern of violations regarding the timely filing of bedbug reports might raise questions about the building's administrative compliance, the actual bedbug inspection records suggest that the building has maintained a pest-free environment for its tenants over the past several years. The persistent violations appear to be more related to reporting requirements than to any actual infestation issues, though tenants should note the historical pattern of violations while recognizing the current absence of any reported bedbug problems in the building.