169 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

The 3-unit, 3-story Old Law Tenement building at 169 Monitor Street in Greenpoint, owned by Kari Riess and constructed in 1899, has experienced several significant events related to pest management over the past few years. Most notably, there was a reported pest-related unsanitary condition in June 2022, which was investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) but resulted in no violations being issued.

This incident followed a pattern of bedbug-related compliance issues, as evidenced by four consecutive violations between 2021 and 2024, all pertaining to the building's failure to file the required annual bedbug reports in accordance with HPD rules. While these violations were ultimately closed, the most recent open violation from April 2024 indicating failure to file the annual report raises some concerns about ongoing compliance with housing maintenance codes.

Despite these compliance issues, the building's recent bedbug reporting history shows no documented infestations or eradication activities. The 2023 filing (covering the period from November 2021 to October 2022) and the 2021 filing (covering 2019-2020) both reported zero infested dwelling units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units, suggesting successful management of the pest situation since the 2022 complaint. While the building has a history of violation notices related to bedbug reporting requirements, the absence of actual infestations in recent reports indicates improved pest management practices, though the current open violation from 2024 suggests there may still be some administrative compliance issues that need attention.