343 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

343 Jefferson Avenue is a three-story, four-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, owned by Aldric Freeman and constructed in 1910. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, with active violations pertaining to cornice maintenance and failure to comply with previously issued orders from 2020 still unresolved. Specifically, there are three active ECB violations from 2020 totaling $28,750 in penalties related to building walls and cornice maintenance, along with two active DOB violations from 2021 and 2020 regarding failure to certify corrections and compliance with a vacate order.

The building's history shows recurring issues with compliance and repair matters, including an active 2024 Housing Maintenance Code violation regarding annual bedbug reporting, though there is no record of bedbug infestation during the most recent reporting period. The property has undergone several inspections in recent years, with most rodent inspections between 2021 and 2025 passing successfully, though there was one failure in April 2023. Multiple complaints were filed between 2020 and 2025, including issues with construction work, permit violations, and boiler problems, with some complaints resulting in violations being served or access being denied during inspections.

Notably, the building's environmental issues included a February 2020 incident involving building shaking and unauthorized construction work, for which violations were served. More recent history shows improved compliance with rodent control requirements, though the property continues to grapple with various open violations, particularly concerning building maintenance and compliance matters. The most recent inspection of record was for a mobile food vendor complaint in March 2021, which was subsequently closed.