476 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

At 476 7th Street in Park Slope, this three-unit, three-story old law tenement building constructed in 1887 has had several notable issues over the past several years. Most concerning is the building's recent history of bedbug reporting violations, with the Department of Housing Maintenance Code issuing annual violations from 2021 to 2024 for failure to file required bedbug reports.

However, all these reports filed between 2022-2024 indicate no infested units, no eradicated units, and no re-infested units, suggesting the building has maintained a bedbug-free status since at least 2022. In 2019, there was a rodent complaint filed with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which was investigated and passed, though the inspector noted no resolution to the original complaint. The building has had one significant code violation in recent years - in 2019, a Class B violation was issued for inadequate lighting at the front entranceway, though this was certified as corrected within three weeks.

In 2020, there was a complaint about an illegal conversion, but this inspection was classified as unable to gain access. The building's owner, George Smith, appears to have taken steps to address the bedbug reporting violations in subsequent years, as evidenced by the consistent filing of reports from 2022-2024, even though this resulted in additional violations. The building's most recent inspections and violation history suggest that while there have been ongoing administrative compliance issues, particularly regarding bedbug reporting, the building has not had any recent major pest or safety concerns affecting resident experience since 2019.