226 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

The three-story, two-family house at 226 Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, owned by Pham Tran and built in 1930, has experienced several notable health and maintenance issues over recent years. Most concerning is a string of food safety violations, with the most recent complaint in August 2024 regarding food poisoning, which the Health Department determined to be an isolated incident.

Previous food establishment violations include multiple instances of bare hands contact with food (in March 2024 and December 2021), and a rodent/insect/garbage complaint in March 2019 that prompted official written warnings to the owner. The building has a documented history of rodent inspections between 2011 and 2018, showing a pattern of issues with rodent activity, as evidenced by initial failed inspections in 2011 and 2018, though a July 2018 compliance inspection passed.

The property has also undergone several recent permit activities, with two permits issued in June 2023 (EW type) and one in November 2023 (PL type), all associated with job number 320106345. A Department of Buildings complaint from May 2024 regarding sweep issues was inspected on the same day and found to warrant no violations. While some of these permit activities and inspections suggest ongoing maintenance and attention to building conditions, the recurring pattern of food safety violations and pest-related issues over the years indicates these problems have not been fully resolved, though many complaints have been administratively closed after investigation.