256 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

256 Lafayette Avenue is a three-story, four-unit residential building located in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, and owned by Leonardo Altafine. Built in 1867, this formerly converted Class A building has experienced several regulatory interactions over the past five years, with particularly notable issues regarding bedbug reporting requirements.

From 2021 to 2024, the building received four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations for failure to file the required annual bedbug reports, though a recent filing for the period ending October 31, 2023, indicates no infested units were documented. The building is currently facing an active Environmental Control Board violation from May 2024, with a penalty of $6,250, related to non-compliance with a previous commissioner's order from June 2021 regarding a permit sign-off requirement. This earlier violation, issued in June 2021, concerned an expired permit obtained in 2015 and initially carried a $1,250 penalty that was later resolved.

The Department of Buildings has recorded two complaints in recent years: one in 2021 regarding construction work beyond approved plans/permits (resulting in an Oath violation being served) and another in 2022 concerning illegal advertising signage, though no violation was found upon inspection. Interestingly, while bedbug reporting has been a recurring compliance issue, the building's pest control history shows consistent rodent inspections in 2013, with only one instance of rat activity recorded in January 2013, followed by successful compliance inspections later that year. The most recent bedbug report submission (September 2024) indicates a period from November 2022 to October 2023 with zero infested or eradicated units, suggesting some improvement in pest management, though this reporting period ended over six months prior to the current date.