823 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

823 Madison Street is a 2-story, 4-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Michael Lefkowitz and constructed in 2005. The property has experienced ongoing rodent issues over the past three years, with the most recent rodent inspection in March 2025 confirming rat activity.

A pattern of rat sightings was documented in 2022, with two separate complaints filed through the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in May and September of that year, though the September complaint was closed due to an earlier report for the same location. The building has undergone multiple compliance inspections and bait applications between 2022 and 2025, with several inspections in 2023 and 2024 showing persistent rat activity, despite one compliance inspection in January 2023 reporting as "Passed." The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, as evidenced by the annual bedbug reports from 2021 through 2025, all showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested dwelling units.

A single complaint was filed with the Department of Buildings in May 2022 regarding work without a permit in the occupied multiple dwelling, but this was quickly resolved with no violations warranted at the time of inspection. The building's relatively recent construction (2005) and consistent bedbug-free status are noteworthy, though the repeated rodent activity and related inspections over the past three years indicate an ongoing pest management challenge that has required regular baiting interventions.