356 St Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238

The four-story, 40-unit tenement building at 356 St Johns Place in Prospect Heights, owned by Evodio Zavala and constructed in 1914, has experienced numerous maintenance and compliance issues over recent years, particularly in 2023-2025. Most notably, there has been a persistent rat problem, with multiple inspections in 2023-2025 showing rat activity, though recent bait applications in 2025 suggest attempts to address the infestation.

The building has also faced several significant infrastructure challenges, including heat and hot water outages affecting the entire building in March 2025, cooking gas issues (February 2025), and various unsanitary conditions including mold (October 2023) and garbage storage problems (January 2025). Multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations were recorded in late 2023, primarily related to unit E, involving issues with flooring, walls, ceilings, and a notable incidence of approximately 30 square feet of mold. The building's history reveals some concerning patterns, including repeated rodent activity across various inspections from 2023 through 2025, and a significant gas infrastructure violation in 2018 involving unauthorized gas piping and appliance installation in apartment 3D, for which penalties were imposed.

While the property has regularly filed bedbug reports from 2020-2024 showing no infestations or successful eradications, the persistent maintenance issues and recent rat activity suggest ongoing challenges with building upkeep. The property currently has an open violation regarding annual bedbug reporting requirements as of April 2024. Recent inspections and service requests indicate that while some issues have been resolved, many remain, particularly concerning building-wide systems such as heat, water, and sanitation.