344 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11221

344 Marcus Garvey Blvd, a four-story, two-unit building in Bedford-Stuyvesant owned by Joseph Aizer, has experienced persistent rodent issues throughout 2025, with multiple rat sightings reported between March and June 2025, including three inspections confirming rat activity between April and May 2025. The building has also been facing ongoing sanitation challenges, with open housing maintenance complaints as of June 2025 related to unsanitary garbage/recycling storage conditions.

Significant recent violations include an open Building Code violation from August 2024 regarding insufficient garbage receptacles and multiple outstanding DOB violations from June 2023 concerning failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2018 and 2019. The property has a history of maintenance and safety concerns, with several housing maintenance code violations documented in 2023, including missing safety equipment in Apartment 1 (smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, and self-closing door issues) that were either corrected or partially resolved by May 2023.

Additional safety concerns were noted in 2023 regarding fire escape access, with a previously missing ladder that affected egress from the second to fourth floors, though this violation was ultimately dismissed. The building has passed some inspections, including a rat inspection in June 2024, but has consistently shown signs of rodent activity in most recent inspections. The property has a history of compliance issues with timely inspection filings, including boiler inspection violations from 2019 that were ultimately dismissed after payment.