35 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The four-story, three-unit residential building at 35 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, owned by Eunone Cesar, has shown a pattern of pest-related issues in recent years, particularly concerning rodents and other sanitation matters. Most notably, there are currently two open complaints with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (as of 2025) regarding pest control and sanitation issues involving food establishment concerns, with the most recent complaint from June 2025 still in progress.

A previous health complaint from December 2024 was closed in February 2025. The building has undergone multiple inspections related to rodent control in 2021, all of which passed, suggesting some stability in that specific area, though recent complaints indicate continued challenges.

The property has maintained an exemplary record in terms of bedbug management, with all required reports between 2021 and 2025 showing zero infested units, and the most recent filings in May 2025 indicating no infestation issues during the previous monitoring periods. There have been some administrative and compliance matters of note, including a Housing Maintenance Code violation in April 2021 regarding the filing of annual bedbug reports, and two complaints regarding Certificate of Occupancy issues in 2023-2024 and a permit-related complaint in 2019, though no violations were found during inspections in these cases. The building's age (constructed in 1930) is worth noting, but overall, the most pressing ongoing concerns appear to be related to sanitation and pest management in common areas, particularly concerning food establishment-related issues as indicated by the most recent complaints.