491 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The three-story, four-unit building at 491 Tompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Joseph Aghelian, has experienced several notable issues and inspections over recent years. Most concerning are the two unsanitary condition complaints from October 2023 regarding pests and garbage/recycling storage, which the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was unable to inspect before closing the complaints in March 2024. These recent issues followed an April 2021 violation for not filing the required annual bedbug report, though subsequent bedbug filings from 2021 through 2023 indicate no infested units were reported during those periods.

The property has had mixed results in rodent inspections, passing in July 2024 following an initial finding of rat activity in June 2024, with a previous rat inspection also reported in October 2022 showing no activity. A door-related emergency complaint from October 2021 was investigated without any violations being issued. The building's recent history has included a Department of Buildings complaint from February 2022 regarding an alleged illegal conversion, though inspectors were unable to gain access during their attempts.

Permit records show a plumbing permit was issued in July 2019. While the property has maintained an active compliance process, the inability to inspect recent unsanitary condition complaints raises ongoing concerns about possible underlying issues, despite the absence of reported infestations in recent bedbug filings. Since the property conversion to Class A status, there have been no reported housing code violations resulting in fines or penalties, though the technical status of some previous complaints remains somewhat ambiguous due to their closed status without confirmed resolutions.