1338 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

1338 Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick is a three-unit, three-story residential building constructed in 2014, currently owned by Hong Zhang. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues over its history, most notably in September 2021 when simultaneous emergency complaints were filed regarding unsanitary conditions involving both mold and sewage.

While the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was able to inspect the mold complaint (which resulted in no violations), they could not gain access to inspect the sewage complaint, which remains unresolved in terms of inspection outcome. Additionally, the building has faced issues with rodent activity, with the most recent inspection in June 2025 indicating active rat presence, following a similar pattern recorded in June 2022 and September 2021, when bait was applied.

However, the building has passed multiple rodent inspections in December 2024, June 2024, and December 2023, suggesting some improvement in pest control efforts. The property has maintained a record of compliance with bedbug reporting requirements over the past three filing periods (2020-2023), consistently reporting zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units, though there were violations noted in 2021 and 2023 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD rules. Despite these various maintenance challenges, the building's relatively recent construction date (2014) and consistent record-keeping regarding bedbug management suggest that while there are significant ongoing rodent issues and historical concerns with mold and sewage, the property is generally being monitored and maintained according to current regulations.