44 Bay 38th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214

The three-story, six-unit residential building at 44 Bay 38th Street in Gravesend, owned by John Fontana, was constructed in 1930 and is classified as a New Law Tenement. The property has maintained a consistent record of bedbug reporting compliance since 2020, with no reported infestations in the past three years (2022-2025), and all recent filings (most recent in December 2024) showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units.

Historical records from 1990 show several maintenance issues that have since been resolved, including problems with heating system access, wall paint requirements in public areas, floor tile repairs, and various refuse and maintenance needs in common areas and on the roof. More recent inspection history includes two attempts in 2024 to investigate complaints about illegal hotel rooms, both resulting in access denial.

During 2020, while there was one complaint about COVID-19 executive order violations, no violations were warranted upon inspection, and a stop work order from April 2020 was fully rescinded later that month. The building has had multiple work permits issued between 2019 and 2020, with three separate "Emergency Work" permits issued under job number 321909388. It's important to note that all bedbug-related violations from 2021 and 2022 were properly certified, and the most recent bedbug reports show consistent compliance with NYC Housing Maintenance Code requirements.