680 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

680 Myrtle Avenue is a four-story, three-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, that was built in 1957 and currently owned by Martin Rubin. The property has experienced persistent non-compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, as evidenced by four separate Housing Maintenance Code violations issued between 2021 and 2024, all of which remain open.

Additionally, the building has multiple active violations related to external low-pressure inspections, with six violations issued between 2018 and 2024 for failure to file required inspection reports. The building underwent significant unauthorized alterations in 2018, when front and rear apartments were combined into single units, reducing the total unit count from six to three, and converting a fire escape balcony into a solid metal platform with a trap door. Safety concerns were also noted during this period, including defective fire escape access and obstructed emergency egress, though some of these violations were subsequently closed.

The building's rodent activity record shows a mixed history, with the most recent inspections in 2024 and 2025 passing, after previous rat activity was recorded in 2019. Between 2014 and 2011, the property underwent multiple inspections and treatment for rodent issues, including bait application in 2011 and two instances of rat activity in 2014 and 2019. While the most recent rodent inspections have shown improvement, the building's ongoing violations related to bedbug reporting and low-pressure inspection filings indicate continued maintenance compliance challenges.