1482 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

The three-story, six-unit New Law Tenement building at 1482 Dekalb Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Rob Lohiet and constructed in 1931, has experienced persistent pest control challenges over recent years. Most notably, from 2019 through 2025, there has been ongoing evidence of rodent activity, with the most recent inspection in July 2025 showing confirmed rat activity.

Between 2023 and 2024, there were multiple instances of bait application (September 2023 - November 2023), though several inspections in 2023 also noted rat activity. The building's history reveals a pattern of pest-related issues in 2019, when multiple complaints about unsanitary conditions and pests were filed with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), resulting in some violations. The property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with no infested units reported in the past five consecutive filings from 2020 through 2024.

Several housing maintenance code violations were recorded in 2019, including an infestation of mice in apartment 1L, and administrative notices required regarding gas leak procedures and housing information guides. An illegal plumbing work complaint was filed in late 2018, though no violations were found upon inspection in March 2019. The building's rodent control efforts show some regularity, with multiple inspections and bait applications over the past year, indicating active management of the pest situation, though results have been inconsistent, with both "Passed" and "Rat Activity" results appearing in inspection records.