388 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

388 Prospect Avenue is a 3-story, 6-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Brooklyn's South Slope neighborhood, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Danielle Minelli Pagnotta. The building has experienced recurring issues with compliance reporting, particularly regarding annual bedbug reports, with open violations recorded in 2022, 2023, and 2024, all citing the same failure to file required documentation under Housing Maintenance Code § HMC.

Of particular concern is a heating and hot water emergency that occurred in December 2020, though this was subsequently closed. The building has a history of various violations from 2018, including multiple Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations related to maintenance and safety, such as problematic plumbing connections behind basement dryers (2019), a failure to maintain fire stopping in the boiler room (2018), and unpermitted electrical work in the laundry room (2018). These violations resulted in significant penalties, including one for $2,530, though many were later resolved.

The property's maintenance history reveals several rodent control efforts between 2018 and 2019, with initial failed inspections in February and April 2018, followed by multiple bait applications. While recent rodent inspections from 2019 show compliance with no active issues, the persistence of bedbug reporting violations suggests ongoing documentation compliance challenges. An electrical wiring complaint from 2018 was investigated but resulted in no warranted violation, though it indicates some level of concern about the building's electrical systems.