42 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

The 4-story building at 42 Troy Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Dane Sookram and constructed in 1930, has been facing persistent pest management challenges over recent years. Most notably, the property has incurred repeated violations related to bedbug reporting compliance, with open violations recorded in four consecutive years from 2021 through 2024, all citing failure to file the required annual bedbug report under Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) regulations.

These ongoing violations, while administrative in nature, indicate a pattern of neglect regarding the building's pest management obligations. The building has also experienced significant rodent control issues, particularly in early 2025. Multiple bait applications were recorded in January 2025, followed by rat activity detection in February 2025, though a compliance inspection in July 2025 passed successfully.

Prior to this, the property had a mix of rodent inspection results, including rat activity in mid-2024, and a failed compliance inspection in July 2024. However, there were periods of successful inspections, including passed results in December 2022 and March 2020, suggesting some variation in the effectiveness of pest control measures over time. The combination of open bedbug reporting violations and recurring rodent activity, despite some successful inspections, points to ongoing challenges with pest management in this building, which has been documented through various inspections and violation records.