286 Devoe Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

286 Devoe Street is a 3-story, 6-unit Old Law Tenement building located in East Williamsburg, constructed in 1881 and currently owned by Vincent Amato. The building has experienced recurring rodent issues over the past several years, with the most recent rat sighting reported in May 2023, following a pattern of rodent-related complaints dating back to 2022, during which both the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and the Department of Sanitation identified violations requiring follow-up inspections.

While the building passed a compliance inspection in June 2023, it had previously recorded rat activity during inspections in May 2023 and October 2022, as well as initial inspections in September 2022 and January 2023. Despite these rodent concerns, the building has maintained a consistent record of being bedbug-free, with all eight annual bedbug reports from 2018 through 2024 showing zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units.

The property management has demonstrated some responsiveness to pest control requirements, as evidenced by the compliance inspections, though the pattern of violations and inspections suggests ongoing challenges with rodent control. The building's age and construction type classify it as an Old Law Tenement, which is characteristic of pre-1929 buildings in New York City, and its location in East Williamsburg places it in a rapidly developing urban neighborhood.