355 Mcdonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218

355 McDonald Avenue is a 4-story, 18-unit residential tenement building constructed in 1925, currently owned by Eli Harrar. The property has experienced several maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most recent being a heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building in January 2025. In summer 2021, the building underwent multiple inspections revealing several violations, including problems with mold, floor conditions, and various plumbing issues affecting bathtubs, showers, and sinks.

Notable violations were also documented in apartment 3A, including issues with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, ceiling plaster, floor tiles, and plumbing. The building has maintained regular compliance with rodent inspections, passing all evaluations since 2015, though a rodent-related complaint was filed in June 2022. Recent compliance efforts have focused on bedbug reporting, with the most recent filing in May 2024 showing no active infestations or previous eradications between November 2022 and October 2023.

The building has experienced challenges with obtaining inspection access for code compliance in 2023 and 2024 under Local Law 188/17, as indicated by "Inspector Unable To Gain Access" dispositions. While the property has had a series of maintenance issues over the past few years, most violations appear to have been addressed, as evidenced by their "Closed" status, with the exception of recent inspection access challenges. The building's management has demonstrated efforts to maintain compliance with various regulatory requirements, including timely bedbug reporting and response to health department inspections, though the recurring heat and maintenance issues suggest ongoing infrastructure challenges.