72 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

72 Utica Avenue is a three-story, three-unit residential building located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, owned by Winston Roberts and constructed in 2005. The building's most pressing and persistent issue over recent years has been related to bedbug reporting compliance.

Since 2021, there have been four Housing Maintenance Code violations specifically regarding the failure to file the required annual bedbug report, with the most recent violation recorded in April 2024 still remaining open as of October 2023. While the building's official bedbug report for the period from November 1, 2020, to October 31, 2021, showed no infested units, no eradicated units, and no re-infested units, the ongoing violations suggest a pattern of non-compliance with reporting requirements. The building has experienced some rodent-related issues in its early years, with inspections in 2016 showing initial rat activity in April of that year, though a subsequent compliance inspection in June 2016 passed without any violations.

More recently, a Department of Buildings complaint from late 2018 regarding a permit issue was investigated in December 2018 and resulted in no violations being warranted. While the building's age suggests it is relatively new construction, the recurring bedbug report violations and historical rodent issues in its early years are notable aspects of its maintenance history. The most recent available data shows primarily administrative and compliance issues rather than structural or safety concerns.