170 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249

170 Metropolitan Avenue is a 3-story, 6-unit residential building located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, owned by Zbigniew Rzaca and constructed in 1910 as an Old Law Tenement. The building has experienced recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance, with violations documented in 2021, 2023, and most recently in April 2024, though subsequent filings through 2025 show no infestation cases or eradication needs.

The most significant cluster of violations occurred in 2018, when multiple issues were identified, including problems with fire escape maintenance (missing shoe on drop ladder and obstructed egress), safety concerns in the 3rd-floor apartment (defective shower caulking and door issues), and missing required safety certificates and notifications in common areas (including smoke detector requirements and housing information guide). All these violations from 2018 were subsequently closed between June and August 2018.

The building's maintenance record shows regular bedbug report filings between 2021 and 2025, all indicating zero infested or eradicated units, suggesting improved pest management practices despite the initial reporting violations. A successful initial rodent inspection was conducted in April 2019, showing effective pest control measures. The most recent housing maintenance code violations from 2024 continue to relate exclusively to bedbug reporting compliance, indicating that while this remains an administrative issue, no new safety or habitability concerns have been documented in the past few years.