319 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

The three-story, four-unit building at 319 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill, owned by Anthony Cerullo and constructed in 1878, has experienced persistent pest management challenges over recent years. Most notably, there is an ongoing violation related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), with this violation remaining open as of April 2024.

While the building's official bedbug reports for the periods between 2019-2020, 2018-2019, and 2017-2018 all indicated zero infested units and successful eradication with no re-infestation, the repeated violations regarding reporting requirements suggest potential administrative oversights. The property has also faced significant rodent issues, particularly evident in 2022, when four consecutive inspections between March and May 2022 documented rat activity, including both initial and compliance inspections.

This pattern of infestation, occurring in a relatively short time frame, raises concerns about the building's maintenance and pest control practices during that period. It's worth noting that both the bedbug reporting violations and the rodent activity were documented during the same general timeframe, indicating ongoing challenges with pest management in the building. While the bedbug infestaion counts in the official reports show no recorded cases during the specified periods, the open violation regarding reporting requirements suggests this may not fully represent the building's current condition.