1908 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The three-story, 3-unit tenement building at 1908 Bergen Street in Crown Heights, built in 1910 and currently owned by Margaret Yorke, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over recent years, with the most recent concerns emerging in early 2025. In January 2025, there were complaints regarding unsanitary conditions involving pests and inadequate heat/hot water, both of which resulted in violations being issued, though these complaints had been resolved within days of being reported.

The building has a documented history of pest-related issues, with multiple complaints in 2022 and 2020 showing ongoing challenges with rodent and pest problems, including an inspection in 2020 that found conditions attracting rodents, which at one point remained "In Progress" as of August 2020. The property has also faced several significant maintenance violations requiring attention to life safety systems. In June 2022, multiple violations were documented including a defective carbon monoxide detector, broken bell system, and issues with self-closing doors in Apartment 3.

The building's systems have experienced periodic failures, including a power outage in June 2022 and heat/hot water issues in both February 2022 and January 2025, all of which were eventually corrected though violations were initially issued. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) inspections in 2020 noted rodent-related concerns, and while recent bedbug reports (for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024) show no current infestation, the building has had previous bedbug violations requiring reporting in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Notably, there are currently open violations from June 2022 regarding self-closing doors, carbon monoxide detector, and bell system in Apartment 3, as well as a violation from 2022 regarding corridor self-closing doors, indicating some unresolved maintenance issues persist.