1540 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

1540 Dekalb Avenue is a three-story, four-unit residential building located in Bushwick, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Angelo Grasso. The building has experienced some regulatory challenges in recent years, most notably with the Department of Buildings, which issued active violations in June 2023 related to the failure to file required 2018 and 2019 external low-pressure inspection reports.

The property has maintained a consistent record of bedbug management, with annual reports filed between 2021 and 2025 showing zero infested units, though there was one violation issued in 2021 regarding late filing of the annual bedbug report. The building's rodent management efforts have shown improvement over time, with recent inspections in 2025 (July and January), as well as throughout 2024 and 2023, passing successfully. However, there was a noted instance of rat activity in January 2022.

An inspection and professional certification compliance audit took place in 2019, which was closed without any warranted violations being found. The property underwent some permitted work in March 2019, including plumbing and other work under job number 321924370. While the building has maintained compliance with several housing maintenance code requirements through regular inspections, the active violations for the 2018 and 2019 low-pressure inspections are particularly noteworthy, as are the historical challenges with rodent activity noted in 2021-2022.