989 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, three-unit tenement building at 989 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Eric Orlofsky, has been subject to several concerning pest-related issues in recent years. Most notably, there has been ongoing evidence of rodent activity, with rat presence recorded during six of the last ten inspections between 2022 and 2025, including two recent inspections in April 2025.

Despite these challenges, the building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug management compliance; all five annual bedbug reports filed between 2021 and 2024 reported zero infested units, with the most recent submission in December 2024 covering the period from November 2023 to October 2024 showing no infestations or eradications. The building's inspection history shows variable compliance with rodent control, with initial inspections often passing but consistently requiring follow-up compliance checks where rat activity was noted.

A potential concern for residents was a Housing Maintenance Code violation issued in April 2021 regarding the failure to file an annual bedbug report, though this appears to have been rectified. A 311 service request related to a mobile food vendor in September 2021 also appears in the records, though this is likely unrelated to building conditions and was properly closed by the Department of Health. The building's age (constructed in 1899) and classification as an "Old Law Tenement" suggest it is subject to specific NYC housing maintenance requirements, which it has generally met in terms of bedbug reporting, though the persistent rodent issues indicate ongoing pest management challenges.