698 Crescent Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208

The two-story, three-unit building at 698 Crescent Street in East New York, owned by Alberto Vargas and constructed in 2002, has experienced recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance over the past four years. Most notably, there are currently open violations from both 2023 and 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required under Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) § HMC, with these violations remaining unresolved as of the most recent inspection dates.

Interestingly, during the 2022 reporting period (November 2020 - October 2021), when the annual bedbug report was finally filed on June 30, 2022, the building recorded no instances of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation in any of its dwelling units. Prior to these recent violations, there were also bedbug reporting compliance issues in 2021 and 2022, though these violations were subsequently closed.

The only other regulatory inspection on record was a rodent inspection conducted in April 2012, which the building passed. While the absence of documented infestations in the 2022 report period is positive, the recurring compliance violations regarding bedbug reporting requirements over multiple years suggest an ongoing oversight in adhering to reporting obligations.