344 East 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11226

The three-story, two-family house at 344 East 17th Street in Flatbush, owned by Nathan Friedman and built in 1965, has a notable history of housing maintenance code violations and occupancy issues, particularly concerning its first-floor apartment. In February 2018, multiple violations were documented at the property, including the illegal installation of a cooking space (class B violation), inadequate hot water provision (class C violation), and concerns regarding the apartment's occupancy status, with violations related to unlawful conversion from a private dwelling to multiple dwelling use (class B violation).

These same occupancy concerns were also confirmed by the Environmental Control Board, which issued a violation in February 2018 regarding unauthorized occupancy of recreational space converted into an "A" class apartment, along with related issues of unlawful cooking facilities. The ECB violation was officially resolved, with no penalties imposed or outstanding balance.

More recently, in March 2023, there was an active permit issued (job number 340882156) under sequence number 01 for unspecified work at the property. The current status of this permit shows it has been issued, though it's unclear from the available data whether this work relates to addressing any of the previous violations or represents new improvements to the property. As of the most recent data available through October 2023, there have been no new reported violations or complaints at this address in the past five years (2018-2023), suggesting that the property has been maintaining better compliance with housing regulations since the resolution of the 2018 violations, though the nature and impact of the 2023 permit work remains undetermined based on the available records.