203 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

203 Lewis Avenue is a 3-unit, 3-story old law tenement building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, built in 1899 and currently owned by Mohammad Butt. The property has experienced recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance between 2021 and 2024, with four open Class A violations regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports. Additionally, there was a Class B violation in 2019 related to inadequate lighting at the building's front entrance.

Major structural concerns were documented in 2018 when the building faced multiple violations regarding the parapet wall condition, with reports of cracked, separating, and deteriorating stucco that was pushing out approximately 2 inches, leading to Environmental Control Board violations in October 2018 with associated penalties totaling $18,750. The building has also been subject to four illegal conversion complaints between 2018 and 2020, though these complaints were ultimately marked closed due to the inspector's inability to gain access during final attempts. On a more positive note, the building has maintained consistent rodent control compliance, with all inspections from 2019 through 2025 passing successfully, except for a rat activity finding in November 2019.

The most recent rodent inspection in May 2025 also passed. The property also had two adjacent building-related complaints in July 2018, one of which resulted in an Oath Violation being served, though specific details on the violations' impacts on the building were not detailed in the records. While the building has shown recent compliance with rodent inspections, the persistent bedbug reporting violations and past structural issues suggest areas requiring ongoing monitoring.