156 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

156 Monitor Street, a three-story, three-unit Old Law Tenement building in Greenpoint built in 1899, has experienced several concerning maintenance issues over the past five years. Most notably, the building has faced rat activity as recently as April 2025, with similar findings in September 2024 and July 2024, indicating an ongoing rodent infestation problem.

The property has also struggled with waste management issues, evidenced by a 2020 Housing Maintenance Code violation regarding refuse accumulation in the front yard, though this appears to have been resolved. Between 2020 and 2024, the building received multiple violations regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though recent filings from 2024, 2023, and 2019 show no reported bedbug infestations during those periods. The Department of Buildings has been involved with several complaints and inspections at the property, including a 2025 inspection regarding certificate of occupancy compliance that found no violations, and a 2021 complaint about illegal after-hours work that also resulted in no violations being found.

There were two complaints in 2020 regarding unpermitted work in an occupied multiple dwelling, though inspectors were unable to gain access in one case and found no violations in the other. The building has had two work permits issued in September and July 2020 under job number 322069319, suggesting some ongoing maintenance or improvement work was conducted during that period. While the bedbug situation appears to have been resolved, the persistent rat activity and previous waste management issues suggest ongoing challenges with building maintenance and pest control.