184 Penn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The three-unit, three-story tenement building at 184 Penn Street in Williamsburg, owned by Samuel Wasserman, has an extensive history of housing maintenance code violations related to bedbug reporting requirements dating back to April 2021. Despite these repeated violations, which have remained open and unresolved through 2024, the building has recently undergone some inspections that yielded better news.

In November 2024, there was a report of a rat sighting which, upon inspection by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, did not result in any violations and the property passed inspection. Only a few weeks later, in late November 2024, the building also passed an initial rodent inspection, indicating some responsiveness to pest management concerns.

The consistent pattern of bedbug report violations over the past four years suggests ongoing challenges with compliance to housing maintenance requirements, though these violations do not necessarily indicate an active bedbug infestation. The building's age (constructed in 1900) and classification as an "OLD LAW TENEMENT" are typical for this neighborhood, but residents should note the persistence of these particular violations in the building's history. It's also worth mentioning that while recent inspections related to rodents have been completed without major findings, the property has experienced both rodent sightings and inspection requests in close temporal proximity, indicating that pest management remains an area of attention for this building.