308 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

308 Greene Avenue is a 3-story, 4-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, built in 1930 and currently owned by Neil Rickenbacker. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues over the past five years.

Most notably, there were multiple active Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations in 2021-2022 related to work without permits and failure to comply with the Commissioner's orders from 2019, resulting in penalties totaling $10,000, though it's worth noting these are shown as 'ACTIVE' rather than 'BALANCE DUE' in the records. The building also had serious safety concerns in September 2019, including a partial vacate order for an obstructed egress, a partial stop work order, and complaints about building shaking, though subsequent inspections found no violations warranted. Recent inspection records show the building has been maintaining better compliance with health and safety regulations in 2023-2025, with successful rodent inspections and recent bedbug reports indicating no infestations.

The most recent rodent inspections in 2025 (June) and 2024 (December) passed, though there was some rat activity noted in June 2024 and June 2022. The building has had two significant heating and electrical issues reported in late 2018/early 2019, which were resolved relatively quickly, though these indicate potential infrastructure vulnerabilities. The bedbug reporting requirement has been consistently met in 2021-2023, showing no infestations during these periods, and the most recent inspections have generally shown improved building conditions, with successful compliance on rodent inspections and no active heating/hot water issues reported since 2019.