216 Crystal Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208

The two-story, four-unit residential building at 216 Crystal Street in East New York, owned by Georgina Gaston, has a documented history of pest-related issues and regulatory non-compliance that merits attention. Most significantly, the building has an open violation as of April 2024 regarding the failure to file the mandatory annual bedbug report, which has been a recurring requirement since 2021, with similar violations noted in inspections from 2021 through 2023.

In April 2021, both 311 and Housing Maintenance Code complaints were filed and subsequently resolved regarding unsanitary conditions related to pests. While the bedbug reports filed for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 indicated no infested, eradicated, or re-infested units, the documentation shows persistent reporting requirements. The building's recent history also includes two complaints in 2022 regarding work without permits in an occupied multiple dwelling, though inspections conducted in June and October 2022 found no violations.

An initial rodent inspection from May 2012 was passed, but there have been no subsequent rodent-related complaints on record. The property, constructed in 1930 and classified as a New Law Tenement, has maintained an active compliance relationship with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though the ongoing bedbug report violation represents the most significant current regulatory issue. The building's comprehensive history suggests a pattern of periodic pest-related concerns, with the most recent bedbug reporting requirements indicating a lapse in compliance rather than an active infestation problem.