170 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249

The three-unit, three-story old law tenement at 170 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, owned by Thomas Prescod, has a mixed record of maintenance and resident issues since 2019. Most notably, the building has maintained a consistent record of successful bedbug management, with all required annual reports from 2019 through May 2025 showing zero infested or re-infested units.

The property has faced some challenges with water management, as evidenced by an ongoing standing water complaint filed in 2021 (still in progress as of 2023) and a drainage complaint from late 2023 that was investigated in November 2024, though no violations were found at that time. The building's recent history shows a rodent-related service request to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in 2022, which was closed in 2024, and a compliance inspection in January 2022 that passed, following an initial inspection in November 2021 that noted rat activity.

While these issues have been addressed, they indicate some pattern of pest-related concerns in the past. There have been two separate housing maintenance code violations related to bedbug reporting requirements in 2022 and 2024, though it's worth noting that the building has maintained proper reporting standards in recent years. The property has consistently passed rodent inspections since the initial activity was reported, suggesting improved pest management practices.