198 Skillman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11205

The 8-unit residential building at 198 Skillman Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Joel Landau, has faced persistent pest management challenges since at least 2022. Most recently, in June 2025, a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) inspection found conditions attracting rodents, marking the building's fourth recorded rodent-related service request since 2024.

The property has undergone multiple rodent inspections over the past two years, with the most recent showing rat activity in July 2025, though there have been several "Passed" inspections as well, including two consecutive in early 2023. While the building has maintained an active bedbug reporting compliance record, filing zero cases of infestation or eradication attempts between 2019 and 2024, it has experienced other violations that suggest ongoing maintenance challenges.

Between 2018 and 2021, the building received three Department of Buildings violations that were ultimately dismissed in December 2022, following proof of corrected defects. Two Housing Maintenance Code violations related to annual bedbug reporting were recorded in 2021 and 2022 respectively, though these appear to have been resolved, as subsequent filings show no reported infestations during the required reporting periods. The building, constructed in 2012, is classified as a Class A property and has generally maintained basic compliance with health and safety regulations, though the recurring rodent issues, most recently documented in mid-2025, suggest this remains an ongoing concern.