774 57th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220

The three-story, four-unit apartment building at 774 57th Street in Sunset Park, owned by Yanhe Chen, has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues since 2019. Most recently, in October 2023, there was a heat and hot water emergency complaint that was resolved within a day. The building has a pattern of heat and hot water issues, with similar complaints in March 2021.

Multiple inspection attempts in 2021 revealed access issues when investigating reports of unsanitary conditions and appliance problems. In 2019, violations related to cooking gas supply were documented. Between 2019 and 2024, the building consistently received violations for failure to file annual bedbug reports, though recent filings from 2025 indicate no current infestations. The property has undergone various permit processes between 2019 and 2021, including plumbing and general construction work.

In 2022, there were multiple complaints regarding construction work without permits, though inspectors were generally unable to gain access to verify the conditions. Environmental inspections between 2020 and 2022 revealed some infrastructure issues, including missing insulation on hydronic pipes and improper installation of safety equipment. The building's recent maintenance record shows some improvement, with the most recent rodent inspection in February 2023 passing, and no bedbug infestations reported in the last several filing periods. Multiple violations issued in 2023 regarding external low pressure inspections were dismissed, indicating that these may have been administrative errors rather than actual safety concerns.