20 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

The three-unit, three-story Old Law Tenement building at 20 3rd Street in Carroll Gardens, owned by Barbara Scharf, was constructed in 1899 and has a mixed record of maintenance and compliance. The building experienced a heat and hot water emergency in November 2021, which was resolved within three days according to HPD records.

Of particular note, the property has consistently failed to file annual bedbug reports as required by Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) regulations, with open violations recorded in 2023 and 2024, despite previous violations in 2021 and 2022 being closed. These violations suggest ongoing compliance issues with reporting requirements, though it's worth noting that during the formal reporting periods from 2019 to 2021, no actual infestations were reported, with zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units recorded in the 2020-2021 and 2019-2020 filings.

The building's bedbug reporting history shows consistent compliance with the actual extermination and management of infestations, with both reporting periods (2020-2021 and 2019-2020) indicating no infestations. However, the open violations for failing to submit the required annual bedbug reports create a noticeable compliance gap, despite the lack of reported infestations during the relevant periods. This situation suggests that while the building may not have experienced actual bedbug problems during these years, there has been persistent oversight in meeting reporting requirements, as evidenced by the multiple years of violations and the most recent open violation as of April 2024.