316 Evergreen Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

316 Evergreen Avenue is a 4-story, 8-unit Class A residential building located in Bushwick, constructed in 2017 and currently owned by Joel Reich. The building has experienced several maintenance and safety issues since its completion, with the most recent significant concern being a rodent infestation reported in April 2023, which led to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene violations and subsequent follow-up inspections.

While the property has maintained compliance through multiple rodent inspections in 2023-2025, with all showing "Passed" results except for the June and April 2023 inspections which indicated "Rat Activity," the building's record reveals periodic maintenance challenges. Looking back through the history of the building, a cluster of complaints was filed in December 2018 regarding safety concerns with fire escapes, unsanitary garbage/recycling storage conditions, and missing signage.

These issues were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), with fire escape concerns being classified as immediate emergencies, though ultimately no violations were issued for the fire escape complaints, and some inspections could not be completed due to access issues. Importantly, the building has demonstrated proper bedbug management practices, with consistent annual reporting from 2020-2024 showing zero infested units during all reporting periods. A single Housing Maintenance Code violation was recorded in April 2021 related to bedbug reporting requirements, though this appears to have been resolved.