591 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

591 Lafayette Avenue is a three-unit, three-story residential building constructed in 1899 and currently owned by Chanie Spitzer. The property has experienced a series of concerning maintenance issues in recent years, most notably recurring violations related to bedbug reporting requirements in 2022, 2023, and 2024 that remain unresolved as of 2025.

There have also been significant safety and security concerns in 2021, including defective self-closing doors at the front entrance requiring repair or replacement, though some related violations were addressed by June 2021. During the same period, the building was cited for multiple safety notice posting requirements, including gas leak procedures, carbon monoxide detector requirements, smoke detector requirements, and housing information guide availability, all of which were subsequently resolved by the end of June 2021. More recently, the building has faced persistent rodent control challenges, with multiple inspections and baiting operations documented between September 2024 and July 2025, indicating ongoing rat activity.

While two complaints regarding illegal activity and after-hours work were filed in 2019, these were investigated and found to lack sufficient evidence for violation. The building received several permits in 2019 related to plumbing and other work, suggesting some maintenance activity during that period. The property has maintained a bedbug-free status during its official reporting period from November 2019 to October 2020, with no infested or re-infested units reported, though this observation predates the recent bedbug reporting violations.