1620 77th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The three-unit, three-story residential building at 1620 77th Street in Bensonhurst, owned by Peter Pedulla, has a concerning pattern of non-compliance with housing maintenance requirements between 2021 and 2024, particularly regarding bedbug reporting. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) issued four consecutive violations, all of which remain open, related to the owner's failure to file the required annual bedbug reports for the years 2021 through 2024.

These violations suggest a persistent oversight in maintaining proper pest control documentation, which could affect resident comfort and housing quality standards. Additionally, there have been multiple investigations into possible illegal hotel room use within the building between late 2022 and late 2023, with three separate complaints filed (numbers 3880835, 3902953, and 3920873) regarding this alleged violation.

All three investigations resulted in access denial to inspectors during their attempts to verify the complaint, with the last complaint being filed in August 2023. The building's history shows minimal maintenance issues otherwise, with the only other recorded inspection being a passed rodent inspection in November 2011. The property's age (built in 1925) and its classification as a formerly converted Class A building are consistent with its historical designation as a residential structure, despite the troubling recent patterns of non-compliance and illegal use allegations.