302 Hewes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

302 Hewes Street is a three-story, three-unit Old Law Tenement building in Williamsburg, owned by Simon Friedman and constructed in 1899. The property has experienced recurring issues with maintaining proper bedbug reporting compliance over the past four years, with open violations in 2022, 2023, and 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by Housing Maintenance Code.

The most recent violation was documented in April 2024, and while there was a one-year period in 2021 where this issue was resolved, the recurrence suggests ongoing challenges with meeting reporting requirements. The building's pest management history shows some concerning patterns. Between 2019 and 2020, official reports indicated no infested or re-infested dwelling units during the bedbug reporting period.

However, there have been two documented instances of rat activity in 2010 and 2019 (March), though the building passed subsequent compliance inspections in both cases. The most recent rodent inspection from May 2019 resulted in a passing grade, but the previous rat activity reports from both 2010 and 2019 raise questions about historical pest management effectiveness. While the building is relatively old by NYC standards, its persistent bedbug report violation history is noteworthy, particularly as these are classified as Class A violations which generally indicate a significant concern but are administrative in nature.