1281 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

1281 Madison Street is a two-story, five-unit residential building located in Bushwick, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Theo Bethel. The property has experienced consistent bedbug reporting compliance issues, with open violations recorded in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in 2024, all concerning the failure to file the required annual bedbug report as mandated by Housing Maintenance Code § HMC. While these violations are administrative in nature, they reflect an ongoing pattern of compliance difficulties relating to pest management reporting requirements.

In terms of rodent inspections, the building has shown improvement over the years. Most recently, inspections in 2024 and 2025 have passed, indicating successful pest management efforts. This follows a series of passed inspections from 2022 through 2013, with the only recorded instance of rodent activity occurring in January 2013, which was subsequently addressed through compliance inspections later that same year.

The building's rodent control measures appear to have been effective since 2013, with no further rat activity reported in subsequent inspections. Despite the bedbug reporting violations, the building's overall pest management records show some positive trends, particularly regarding rodent control. The persistent nature of the bedbug report violations, occurring annually for multiple years, represents the most significant pattern of concern in the building's recent history.