1651 St Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233

The 4-unit, 2-story New Law Tenement building at 1651 St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, owned by Mr. Chase and constructed in 1910, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over recent years, with a notable concentration of problems between December 2024 and early 2025.

Most concerning are multiple heat and hot water complaints, including an entire building complaint in January 2025 and both building-wide and apartment-specific issues in December 2024, some of which resulted in violations. The building also faced power outage problems in December 2024 that were categorized as an immediate emergency. In April 2023, there was a similar pattern of heating system issues, with multiple complaints about heat and hot water problems, including another entire building complaint.

The Department of Buildings has recorded several significant complaints, including a building shaking/vibrating issue in August 2024 that resulted in an Oath violation being served, and multiple complaints about work being performed without proper permits or contrary to stop work orders between April and September 2023, with at least one violation being issued for failure to obey a stop work order. The building has undergone various maintenance inspections, particularly focusing on paint/plaster issues in both April 2023 and December 2024, though most of these inspections resulted in no violations being found. Despite these maintenance concerns, the building has demonstrated good pest control management, with the most recent three annual bedbug reports (including filings in December 2023 and December 2024) showing no infested units, eradicated units, or re-infested units during their respective reporting periods.