161 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Located in Fort Greene, 161 Lafayette Avenue is a 4-story, 9-unit residential building constructed in 1930 and currently owned by Glenn Sorensen. The building's recent history shows consistent attention to regulatory compliance, particularly regarding pest management.

Between 2021 and 2023, there were three Housing Maintenance Code violations related to the improper filing of annual bedbug reports, though all these violations have since been closed. Notably, the most recent bedbug reporting period (2023-2024) shows no evidence of infestation, with zero units reported as infested, eradicated, or re-infested, continuing a pattern observed in earlier filings from 2022-2023 and 2019-2020.

The building has experienced some challenges with rodent activity, with two inspections in 2019 (July and September) documenting rat presence, though there is no record of subsequent rodent-related issues. On the maintenance and improvement front, the Department of Buildings shows two permit issuances for work scheduled in late 2020 and early 2021 under job number 340784672, though the specific nature of these permits is not detailed in the records provided. Despite the earlier pest control violations, the recent absence of both bedbug and rodent issues, coupled with proper documentation in recent years, suggests the building has made progress in maintaining compliance with housing regulations.