540 11th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

540 11th Street is a historic four-story, eight-unit Old Law Tenement building located in South Slope and owned by Alix Shearer. Built in 1890, the property has experienced recurring rodent issues over the past several years, with the most recent documented rat activity observed in November 2024, following an October 2024 inspection also revealing rat activity. The building's inspection history includes three rodent-related inspections in 2024 alone, with varying results from "Passed" to "Rat Activity." While the building has maintained a clean bedbug record over the past four years (2021-2024), with no reported infestations or eradications, it has encountered some regulatory challenges, particularly concerning inspection filings.

The Department of Buildings issued violations in 2023 and 2019 for failure to file required inspection reports (2018 External Low Pressure and 2017 Boiler inspections), though both violations were subsequently dismissed. Additionally, there was a Department of Buildings complaint in 2019 regarding a professional certification compliance audit that could not be completed due to inspector access issues. The property has undergone regular rodent control efforts, as evidenced by multiple bait applications and inspections between 2011 and 2024.

A noteworthy health-related incident occurred in December 2023, when the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene responded to a rat sighting complaint, though their inspection found no violations and the property passed their scrutiny. The building also faced a Housing Maintenance Code violation in 2022 regarding the filing of an annual bedbug report, though this appears to have been resolved given the subsequent years' zero infestation reports. Despite these issues, property management has demonstrated responsiveness to regulatory requirements, as indicated by the completion of various necessary filings, though some were initially missed leading to violations.