918 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, two-family house at 918 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Donnell Selby, has been subject to ongoing pest management issues, particularly concerning rodent activity, over the past several years. The property, built in 1931, has experienced consistent rat activity according to multiple inspections conducted by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and documented through 311 service requests.

Most recently, in 2025 alone, there have been multiple instances of rat activity recorded in both initial and compliance inspections between April and May. This pattern of rodent issues has persisted throughout the property’s history, with documented rat sightings and violations as recently as May 2023, though there was one inspection in 2024 from April that passed without issues.

The building has maintained a clean record concerning bedbugs, with official reports for the periods of November 2020-October 2021 and November 2021-October 2022 showing no infestation, eradication, or re-infestation cases. While the property has successfully passed several initial inspections with no violations, the recurring pattern of rat activity suggests ongoing challenges with pest management. The most recent inspection records consistently indicate the presence of rat activity, with only a few passing inspections interspersed throughout the documented timeline.