230 St Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The 8-unit, 3-story brownstone at 230 St. Johns Place in Park Slope, owned by Velta Saunders, has shown significant maintenance challenges throughout 2025, particularly in the areas of plumbing and building systems. Most notably, there was a series of urgent heating and hot water complaints in late June 2025, as well as multiple plumbing issues involving water supply and toilet problems. The building currently has open violations from June 2024 related to refrigerator gasket repairs and self-closing door mechanisms in Apartment D.

Historical data shows persistent issues with building system maintenance, including multiple complaints and violations regarding the boiler system, with one inspection in early 2025 resulting in an Oath violation for defective/inoperative conditions. The property has a concerning pattern of building access issues for inspections, as evidenced by multiple "unable to gain access" dispositions in 2025, particularly regarding stop work order complaints and rodent-related inspections. There is also an active violation from May 2024 regarding unpermitted structural work in the cellar/basement area, for which a $1,250 penalty was imposed. The building's maintenance history shows regular bedbug reporting compliance with no infestations reported for the 2022-2023 period, and historical rodent inspections from 2011 indicate both rat activity and subsequent compliance.

Of particular note is the accumulation of multiple open violations related to the failure to file mandatory inspection reports for the external low-pressure system between 2018 and 2023, suggesting significant oversight regarding building system monitoring and compliance requirements. The building's recent maintenance history shows a concentration of issues from early 2025 through mid-2025, particularly involving plumbing systems, doors, and heating. While some complaints have been resolved through HPD inspections and violations have been issued, there remains a pattern of recurring issues that suggests ongoing maintenance challenges. The property owner has been cited multiple times for failing to correct identified violations in the required timeframes, with ongoing open violations as of 2024 that appear to remain unaddressed. The most recent building data (up to July 2025) continues to show active plumbing, heating, and door-related service requests, indicating that many of these maintenance issues are persistent rather than isolated incidents.