2017 73rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204

The property at 2017 73rd Street in Bensonhurst is a two-story, four-unit tenement built in 1925 and currently owned by Dolores Monaco. The building has experienced several significant events, with the most recent concerns centered around pest control and access issues.

In September 2024, there were reports of rat sightings that prompted a Department of Health inspection attempt, though access to the property was not granted. The building has also faced recurring administrative violations related to bedbug reporting requirements under the Housing Maintenance Code, with notices issued in 2022, 2023, and 2024, though the bedbug reports themselves consistently showed zero infested units across multiple years of reporting from 2017 through 2024. The property has generated multiple complaints to the Department of Buildings, including an active illegal conversion complaint from September 2024 that resulted in an inspection where access was again not granted, and three historical complaints between 2018 and 2022 regarding alleged illegal curb cuts/driveways that were found to warrant no violations upon inspection.

A construction-related complaint from May 2022 was also closed with no violations warranted. While the bedbug reporting requirements have generated multiple violations, it's notable that each reporting period has shown no evidence of infestations, suggesting compliance with eradication protocols. The pattern of inspection access issues, particularly for rat inspections and the illegal conversion complaint, may indicate challenges with property access for regulatory inspections.