817 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-unit, two-story building at 817 Madison Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Sonia Marcellus, has experienced several maintenance challenges since its construction in 2006. Most notably, in early 2024, multiple complaints were filed regarding various issues including door and window problems (both doors and window frames), plumbing troubles with toilets, and pest-related concerns.

These complaints were marked as either emergency or non-emergency situations, but the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was unable to gain access to inspect these reported conditions, resulting in the complaints being closed without inspection. Prior to this, in July 2023, similar issues were reported and inspected, including plumbing problems (specific to a basin/sink), door frame issues, and unsanitary conditions related to pests, though no violations were found in these cases.

The building's current status shows an open violation as of April 2024 regarding the failure to file the mandatory annual bedbug report, though historical records indicate this requirement was properly fulfilled in previous years (2021 and 2022). An ongoing concern has been the presence of rodents, with the most recent rat activity report documented in May 2025, following a pattern of rodent issues in previous years including August 2023, though some inspections in 2022 and 2024 had passed without incident. The building has consistently shown the need for maintenance attention across various systems, as evidenced by the multiple complaints and work orders over the past few years, particularly focusing on doors, plumbing, and pest management, which appear to be recurring issues requiring ongoing monitoring and intervention.