227 Skillman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11205

227 Skillman Street is a 4-unit, 4-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Joel Jacobowitz and completed in 2015. The property has experienced ongoing rodent issues, with the most recent rodent inspection in July 2025 passing, though there were notable problems earlier in 2024-2025 including rat activity and multiple instances of bait application.

A significant Department of Health and Mental Hygiene inspection in April 2023 resulted in violations requiring follow-up inspections, though specific details of these violations are not documented. The building's compliance history shows both challenges and improvements, with a failed Category 5 inspection recorded in May 2019 and a Housing Maintenance Code violation in April 2021 related to bedbug reporting requirements, though this violation was subsequently closed. Despite these challenges, the building has maintained an apparently effective bedbug management program from 2021 to 2024, with all five mandatory bedbug reports (2021-2024) showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units.

The most recent bedbug filing in December 2024 continued this pattern of successful pest management. The property has undergone regular rodent inspections and management efforts throughout 2024, with multiple bait applications and inspections showing varying degrees of rodent activity, though recent inspections have shown improvement with passing results. The building's relatively young age (built in 2015) suggests that while it faces these ongoing pest control challenges, it has generally adhered to bedbug reporting requirements and maintained basic building safety standards, though the rodent issues indicate ongoing pest management needs.