251 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

The three-story, six-unit building at 251 Irving Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Andrew Landesman, has a checkered maintenance history that raises some concerns about property upkeep. While the building has demonstrated consistent compliance with rodent inspections over the past two years, with the most recent inspection in March 2025 passing without issues, there have been significant violations related to required safety inspections.

The Department of Buildings has issued active violations from 2023 to 2024 for failure to file External Low Pressure Inspection reports from 2018 to 2023, showing a troubling pattern of neglect for this safety requirement. Additionally, a rodent complaint was filed in August 2023, resulting in Department of Health and Mental Hygiene violations that required follow-up inspections. The building's historical data shows a relatively clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation in the past seven reporting periods from 2018 to 2024.

However, the pattern of skipped external low pressure inspections over multiple years presents the most significant ongoing compliance issue. The property has generally passed all rodent inspections conducted between 2022 and 2025, though there were two instances of rat activity noted in April 2022 and August 2023, with the latter resulting in health department involvement. While the building's bedbug management appears successful, the active violations related to pressure safety inspections warrant attention, as does the recent rodent complaint that triggered health department involvement.