398 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The 4-story, 3-unit Old Law Tenement building at 398 5th Avenue in Park Slope, owned by Frank Sapienza and constructed in 1931, has demonstrated consistent compliance with housing maintenance regulations over recent years, though with some notable patterns. The property has maintained its bedbug reporting requirements, with the most recent filing for the 2022-2023 period showing no infested, eradicated, or re-infested units, and previous filings in 2021 also showing no infestation history.

This pattern of clean bedbug reports contradicts the annual violations received from HPD between 2021 and 2024 for failing to file the necessary annual bedbug report, suggesting either administrative oversights or potentially resolved reporting issues. The building's pest management record includes some rodent activity, with initial rat activity detected in August 2022, though a subsequent compliance inspection in September 2022 passed without issues.

Historical rodent inspections from 2018 and November 2019 had passed, indicating this was an isolated incident. Most recently, in August 2023, the building received a permit issuance for plumbing work under job number 302174563, which remains active. While the building has experienced some administrative violations regarding bedbug reporting, its actual pest control performance has been exemplary, with no recorded infestations, and it appears to be actively maintaining compliance with city regulations as demonstrated by the recent permit activity.