342 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The four-story Old Law Tenement building at 342 8th Street in Park Slope, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Raoul Labady, has experienced several concerning issues in recent years. Most notably, there appears to be an ongoing challenge with rodent-related problems, with multiple complaints filed through 311, including an open rat sighting case from June 2020 and a condition-attracting-rodents complaint from May 2022, though the latter inspection did pass with only minor violations.

The building has also faced significant regulatory scrutiny regarding bedbug reporting compliance, with open class A violations recorded in every year from 2021 through 2024, indicating the owner has repeatedly failed to submit the required annual bedbug reports as mandated by Housing Maintenance Code. Additional historical compliance issues include two Department of Buildings Environmental Control Board violations from 2018-2019, one for unpermitted electrical work in the fourth-floor rear apartment (resulting in a $500 penalty) and another related to failure to comply with a previous commissioner's order (with a $625 penalty), though these violations have since been resolved.

While the building has passed rodent inspections conducted in 2019 and 2022, the persistence of open violations regarding bedbug reporting and the historical pattern of regulatory noncompliance warrant attention. The most recent inspection records available through October 2023 show these bedbug reporting violations remain unresolved as of April 2024.