7218 21st Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11204

The two-story, three-unit residential building at 7218 21st Avenue in Bensonhurst, owned by Carmela Melillo, has documented several bedbug reporting compliance issues over the past five years. Most notably, there are currently open Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations from both 2024 and 2023 requiring the property owner to file annual bedbug reports as mandated by HPD rules.

While previous violations from 2021 and 2022 had been closed, the recency and ongoing nature of the current violations indicate a continuing pattern of non-compliance with bedbug reporting requirements. Interestingly, despite these reporting violations, the bedbug report filing for the 2020-2021 period shows no documented infestations, with the property recording zero infested units, zero units requiring eradication, and no re-infestations.

The annual bedbug report in April 2022 covered the period from November 1, 2020, to October 31, 2021, and provided a clean bill of health regarding bedbug activity. As of the current date in July 2025, it remains notable that while the building has experienced recurring issues with reporting compliance, the actual infestation history documented through the mandatory reports suggests that, at least during the 2020-2021 period, the building had maintained a bedbug-free status.