1119 St Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

The 5-story, 8-unit apartment building at 1119 St Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, owned by Yoel Shafer, has experienced several significant maintenance issues since its construction in 2015. Most concerning are two emergency mold situations reported and resolved in June 2025, and a troubling pattern of building-wide utility issues in September 2022, including both a power outage and a heat/hot water failure that resulted in multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations.

These violations from September 2022 included problems with the building's heating system access (boiler room door locked), defective fire retardant materials in the 5th story stairwell, and incomplete hot water service to fixtures in apartment 3B, among others. The building has also experienced a water leak incident with heavy flow in April 2020, which was investigated but resulted in no violations.

On a more positive note, the building has maintained a relatively good bedbug record in recent years, with the most recent report (January 2025) showing no infested units for the 2023-2024 period, following a single infested unit incident in the previous reporting period (2022-2023) that was promptly addressed. Recent improvements include the resolution of several 2022 violations by November 2022, such as the painting of public hall ceilings and repairs to doors in apartment 3B, though one violation regarding self-closing doors remains open as of the latest inspection data. The building's relatively recent construction (2015) suggests that while there have been significant maintenance issues, many of these problems are typical for urban apartment buildings and have generally been addressed through proper channels.