475 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

The three-story multi-family building at 475 Willoughby Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Jonathan Zhao, has been subject to several notable issues and inspections since 2020. Most significantly, between 2021 and 2024, the property accumulated four Housing Maintenance Code violations related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though the most recent 2025 report indicates zero infested units during the previous reporting period.

The building experienced periods of rodent activity, particularly noted in February 2023 and August 2021, though subsequent inspections in 2023 and 2024 resulted in passing grades for rodent inspections. In 2020, there were concerns regarding unauthorized construction work, with two Department of Buildings complaints filed in March of that year.

One of these complaints resulted in a $400 Environmental Control Board violation for unpermitted interior demolition work involving lighting fixtures and wall switches, though this violation was subsequently resolved. The property has shown some compliance with rodent inspections over the past few years, with multiple "Passed" results, especially during 2023-2025, although the absence of detailed information about any remediation efforts limits assessment of the effectiveness of these inspections. Most recently, the building successfully passed an initial rodent inspection in February 2025, and the bedbug reporting requirements appear to have been addressed in the most recent filing, which shows no current infestation issues.