444 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

444 Grand Avenue is a 7-unit, 4-story residential building in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, constructed in 1931 and currently owned by Robert Silverblatt. The property has experienced persistent rodent issues in recent years, with multiple confirmed rat activity reports and bait applications between 2024 and 2025, including three bait applications in June 2025 alone.

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued several rodent-related complaints, with inspections revealing violations that required follow-up inspections. The building has maintained an active bedbug management protocol, with annual filings from 2022 through 2024 showing zero infested units, though the building received a housing maintenance code violation in 2021 and 2022 for failing to file the required bedbug report. The property has a history of compliance issues with work regulations, including a 2018 incident involving defective/exposed electrical wiring that resulted in a violation for continuing work during a stop work order, for which an Environmental Control Board violation was subsequently issued.

This violation was later resolved, and there was another violation in 2019 related to failing to certify correction of an immediately hazardous violation, though this was dismissed. Despite these past compliance issues, the building's more recent inspection history suggests improved regulatory adherence, though the ongoing rodent problems remain a notable concern for resident quality of life. The most recent inspections in mid-2025 continue to show evidence of rat activity, despite the application of bait as a mitigation measure.