558 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

558 7th Street is a 16-unit, 4-story New Law Tenement building located in Park Slope and built in 1905, currently owned by Chris King. The building has experienced recurring rodent issues, with the most recent rodent-related incidents occurring in 2025 and 2024, both resulting in findings of rat activity.

These follow a pattern of six separate rat sighting complaints between April and May 2024, during which the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene identified violations requiring follow-up inspections. The building has also faced significant maintenance challenges, most notably in 2019 when multiple violations were documented in Apartment 4B, including emergency-level issues with water leaks, ceiling damage, and carbon monoxide detector problems, all of which were subsequently addressed and certified as corrected by late 2019. The property's bedbug reporting history shows minimal infestation activity, with one reported case in 2023-2024 and none in the most recent reporting period (2024-2025).

While the building has passed rat inspections in the past, most notably in November 2014, the recent pattern of rodent activity suggests ongoing pest management challenges. The relatively recent nature of these rodent violations, combined with the cluster of complaints in 2024, represents the most pressing maintenance concern for the building as of 2025. Historical data shows that the building has maintained regular compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with most years reporting zero infested units.