1148 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The five-story, ten-unit residential building at 1148 Pacific Street in Crown Heights, owned by Prashanth Rayapudi, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past five years. Most concerning are the ongoing rodent problems, with multiple inspections in 2024 and 2025 confirming rat activity, despite bait applications being performed.

Water-related issues have been a recurring theme, with two separate water leak complaints in 2023 (both involving slow leaks and damp spots), a heat and hot water emergency in December 2022, and various plumbing issues including a water supply problem in December 2019. The building has also faced some infrastructure challenges, including electrical problems (no lighting and power outages) in March 2019, and a series of violations in 2022 related to safety signage and self-closing doors. The property has been subject to various regulatory inspections and complaints regarding illegal conversions and possible unlawful hotel room activity between 2020-2021, though no violations were ultimately confirmed.

Notably, between 2018-2022, multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations were recorded, including issues with garbage/recycling storage areas and the building's bell/buzzer/intercom system. However, the building has maintained a clean record in recent bedbug inspections, with zero reported infestations between 2021-2024. Despite the various issues documented through 311 service requests and regulatory inspections, it's worth noting that many complaints were marked as "Unable to Inspect" or "No Violations Issued" during inspections, suggesting that not all reported problems could be confirmed through direct examination.