638 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, six-unit residential building at 638 Hart Street in Bushwick, owned by Mauro Ortiz, has a documented history dating back to its 1931 construction. The property experienced a significant heat and hot water emergency in late 2018, when the Department of Housing Preservation and Development was unable to gain access to investigate the reported lack of basic services.

More recently, in 2023, the building received an active Department of Buildings violation for failing to file the 2021 external low-pressure inspection report, which remains unresolved as of now. The building has demonstrated good compliance with bedbug reporting requirements in recent years, with no documented infestations or eradications reported in the annual filings from 2022 through 2025.

However, there have been persistent rodent control challenges noted in the building's inspection records, particularly between late 2022 and 2025. While the most recent inspections in 2024 and 2025 passed, there were documented instances of rat activity in late 2023 and early 2024, along with a "Rat Activity" result during a compliance inspection in June 2024, suggesting ongoing pest management issues. The property has maintained current bedbug reporting compliance since 2022, with all recent filings showing zero infested units, though there were previous violations noted for failure to file annual bedbug reports in 2021 and 2022.