850 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

850 Madison Street is a 4-unit, 3-story apartment building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Edward Hardaway. The building has faced several concerning pest management issues in recent years, with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reporting signs of rodents in mid-2023 and multiple verified instances of rat activity observed during inspections between 2023-2024.

The property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing no infested units in its last two annual reports (2023 and 2024), though four annual violations were previously issued for failing to file the required reports between 2021-2024. More recently, the building has received active violations from the Department of Buildings related to failure to file external low-pressure inspections for multiple years (2018-2022), with these violations issued in June 2023.

The most recent rodent inspection from June 2025 resulted in a passing grade, though a rat activity citation was recorded in July 2024. A permit for plumbing work (Job Number 321042821) was issued in February 2019, and the building has shown general compliance with housing maintenance codes, with all previously noted violations being closed. While the property has experienced recurrent pest issues, particularly with rodents, recent improvements in bedbug compliance and rodent inspection pass rates may indicate some progress in building maintenance, though the active violations regarding pressure inspections remain a notable concern.