3402 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203

3402 Church Avenue is a 4-story, 41-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1925, currently owned by Nostrand 245 LLC. The building has experienced significant maintenance and safety issues in recent months, particularly in early 2025, with multiple complaints about heat/hot water outages, power outages, pest problems, and various electrical issues. From February to March 2025, there were at least six documented power outages, and three separate heat-related complaints, with inspections often unable to access affected units.

Additional concerns during this period included pest infestations, with violations issued for both electric range and fire escape issues. The building's track record shows recurring problems, including an active violation for failure to file external low-pressure inspections from 2018-2019, and multiple bedbug infestations reported in recent years, though all were officially marked as eradicated. The building has a documented history of maintenance challenges, particularly in apartment D10, where various violations were cited in 2024 involving water leaks, defective plaster surfaces, and pest infestations.

Previous inspections in 2023 and 2022 revealed issues regarding unauthorized alterations in apartment D5, including illegal partitions and fire escape access concerns, though these violations have been resolved. The property has consistently demonstrated compliance failures regarding energy efficiency reporting requirements and pest control regulations, with violations issued for inadequate response to immediately hazardous conditions. Despite multiple inspections showing rat activity in 2025 and past rodent issues in 2022, the building has passed rodent inspections in earlier years (2019 and 2017). While some violations have been corrected, the frequency and nature of recent complaints suggest ongoing maintenance and safety concerns that merit attention.