1694 St Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233

1694 St Marks Avenue is a 4-story, 7-unit residential building in Brownsville, completed in 2022 and currently owned by Yidel Kohn. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues, particularly in 2024-2025, with multiple complaints about heat/hot water problems, unsanitary conditions (pests), and intercom system malfunctions. HPD inspections in February 2025 were unable to access units for verification of these issues.

There is currently an open violation regarding missing window guards in apartment 3A, noted during an inspection in August 2024. During construction, the building experienced several safety compliance violations through 2022, including issues with guardrails, safety orientations, and excavation protection requirements, resulting in fines totaling over $25,000. These violations were eventually resolved. The property has a documented history of rodent activity, with recent inspections showing both rat activity (October 2024) and a passed compliance inspection (November 2024).

While the building has maintained a record of no bedbug infestations in recent years (2021-2024), there continue to be ongoing maintenance and safety concerns that require monitoring. The building's construction history shows a series of permits and work orders, with multiple instances of needing to address safety and compliance issues during the initial construction phase in 2022-2023. Several complaints filed during this period led to stop work orders being rescinded, and various construction-related fines were imposed and later resolved. In 2025, the building continues to face maintenance challenges that suggest ongoing systems and infrastructure issues, particularly related to building access for inspections and basic services like heat and intercom systems.