338 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

338 8th Street is a four-story, eight-unit old law tenement building located in Park Slope and owned by Howard Katz. The 1931 structure has a mixed history of maintenance compliance, with the most pressing current issue being an active violation for failure to file the mandatory 2023 external low-pressure inspection, issued in September 2024.

The building has demonstrated proactive bedbug reporting practices, with no confirmed infestations reported in the last three annual filings (2021, 2023, and 2024), though the property received two administrative violations in 2021 and 2023 for failing to file the required annual bedbug report, both of which were subsequently closed. A rodent inspection conducted in November 2019 passed without issues, indicating good pest management practices at that time. The property has been diligent in its bedbug reporting in recent years, with the most recent 2024 filing showing no cases of infestation, eradications, or re-infestations.

While the bedbug reporting violations from 2021 and 2023 were concerning at the time, they appear to have been addressed through subsequent compliance. The most significant current concern is the active Department of Buildings violation related to the external low-pressure inspection filing, which remains unresolved as of October 2023. The building's overall record suggests generally good maintenance practices, with particular attention paid to bedbug prevention and reporting, though the recent DOB violation indicates a potential lapse in other maintenance requirements.