657 St Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The three-story, nine-unit residential building at 657 St Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, owned by Max Nager, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years. Most recently, in 2025, there was a plumbing issue involving the bathtub/shower that required HPD intervention and resulted in violations. In late 2024, the building experienced multiple maintenance problems, including a building-wide heat and hot water failure, various plumbing issues (including sink problems), and several other maintenance concerns related to flooring/stairs, paint/plaster, and water leaks, all of which resulted in HPD violations.

The building's third-floor apartment (3F) has had particular difficulties, with multiple violations issued in late 2024 regarding smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector functionality, mouse infestation, water leaks, and bathroom wall conditions, though these were subsequently certified as corrected in early 2025. The building's maintenance history also includes issues with rodent activity, with inspections showing varying results between 2022 and 2025, including some periods of rat activity in 2022 and 2023, though recent inspections in 2025 passed. While the building had violations related to smoke detector and watermarking functionality in 2024, these were eventually resolved.

Notably, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in recent years according to the building's records. The property has undergone inspections for various other maintenance issues, including a 2023 DOB violation regarding low-pressure inspection filing, though this was dismissed. Two complaints regarding work without proper permits were made in 2022, but inspections found no violations at that time.