215A Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

215A Prospect Avenue is a three-story, three-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1899, currently owned by Kenichi Okochi and located in Brooklyn's South Slope neighborhood. The building has experienced several notable pest-related issues over recent years, particularly with rodents, as evidenced by multiple complaints between 2018 and 2021, including conditions attracting rodents in 2018 and a rat sighting in 2021.

However, the most recent rodent inspections in 2021 showed compliance with health regulations, passing inspections that followed earlier reports of rat activity. The property has maintained satisfactory bedbug management records from 2020 through 2024, with annual reports showing zero infested or re-infested units during this four-year period, suggesting effective pest control measures despite initial violations for failing to file annual reports in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Additional historical records reveal a permit compliance issue from 2018, when a violation was issued for failure to properly sign off on a permit originally issued in 1999 and re-issued in 2014, resulting in a $625 penalty that has since been resolved. The Department of Buildings also recorded a complaint in 2018 regarding an inspection where the inspector was unable to gain access, though this was ultimately closed. It's worth noting that the most recent bedbug report filed in December 2024 for the period ending October 31, 2024, shows no evidence of infestations, indicating that the building has maintained effective pest control practices over the past several years.