897 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, four-unit building at 897 Greene Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Shlomi Ohayon and constructed in 1931, has experienced several concerning maintenance issues over the past five years. Most notably, there is an ongoing pattern of bedbug report violations, with four consecutive open violations from 2021 through 2024 indicating non-compliance with the Housing Maintenance Code's annual bedbug reporting requirements.

Additionally, the building has a significant history of pest-related complaints, including multiple instances of mold (February 2020, July 2019) and rat sightings (September 2019), as well as documented pest problems resulting in violations in October 2019. While there was an apartment-specific mice infestation violation issued in December 2019 against the third-floor unit, this appears to have been addressed through subsequent rodent inspections.

Encouragingly, the building has passed all rodent inspections conducted between 2021 and 2025, with the most recent inspection in May 2025 yielding a "Passed" result. However, it's worth noting that the building has experienced multiple instances where Housing Preservation and Development was unable to gain access to inspect reported conditions, particularly regarding mold complaints in 2019 and 2020, which were subsequently closed with instructions to file new complaints if issues persisted.