578 East 4th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 578 East 4th Street in Kensington, owned by Bhajpaul Ramlakhan and originally constructed in 1920, has experienced recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance over the past several years. The most recent inspection in April 2024 revealed an open violation regarding the failure to file the required annual bedbug report, with similar violations recorded in 2023, 2022, and 2021, though those earlier violations were marked as closed.

While the building submitted a bedbug report for the 2020-2021 period showing no infested or re-infested units, and a March 2022 complaint about certificate of occupancy status was investigated and found with no violations warranting further action, the pattern of bedbug report violations suggests ongoing administrative compliance issues. The most pressing concern for current and prospective tenants is the open bedbug reporting violation from April 2024, which indicates the building management's continued failure to meet mandatory housing maintenance code requirements.

While the building has demonstrated through its filings that there were no actual bedbug infestations during the 2020-2021 reporting period, the recurring nature of the reporting violations raises concerns about management's attention to regulatory compliance. The property's history shows no recorded serious safety violations or other significant complaints beyond the administrative bedbug reporting issues, and the building's age and class designation as "Heretofore Converted Class A" suggest it has undergone some form of residential conversion from its original use, though specific details of such conversion are not provided in the available data.