198 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

The three-unit, three-story building at 198 Hart Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Kehinde Salami and constructed in 1910, has experienced persistent housing maintenance code violations related to bedbug reporting requirements over the past four years. Notably, from 2021 through 2024, the property received four consecutive violations (April 2021, February 2022, March 2023, and April 2024) for failing to file the mandatory annual bedbug report as required by HPD regulations, with these violations remaining open as of October 2023.

Despite this recurring issue, the building has demonstrated consistent compliance with rodent inspections, passing all inspections conducted from 2021 through July 2025, with the only exception being an initial rat activity discovery in February 2020 that seems to have been promptly addressed. The Department of Buildings recorded one permit-related complaint in October 2018, which was closed in December of the same year when the inspector was unable to gain access on the final attempt.

Two permits were issued for plumbing work in 2018 and 2020, with both being properly processed and issued. The property has maintained regular rodent inspection scheduling, with all results showing compliance and no active issues since 2020, indicating good management of pest control measures apart from the bedbug reporting violations.