249 Cooper Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207

The three-story, two-family house at 249 Cooper Street in Bushwick, owned by Prashanth Rayapudi, has experienced some notable maintenance issues over the past two years. Most recent is an unsanitary condition involving mold, reported in August 2024 and closed in September 2024, which resulted in violations from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

Prior to this, the building had an emergency door-related issue reported in August 2023, which remained open for several months before being resolved in May 2024, also resulting in violations. The property has maintained a clean record in terms of bedbug infestations, with official reports for the past two years (2023-2024 and 2022-2023) showing zero cases of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation, suggesting effective pest management practices are in place.

The building, constructed in 1901, has had these two significant maintenance issues in recent years, both of which resulted in HPD violations, though they have been addressed and closed. The lack of bedbug issues over multiple reporting periods is a positive aspect of the building's recent history. While the presence of both mold and door issues indicates previous maintenance challenges, the prompt attention to these problems and resolution through HPD channels suggests that management is responsive to building maintenance needs, though these types of issues can recur in older buildings without proper ongoing maintenance.