1468 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212

The three-story, two-unit building at 1468 Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, owned by Yon Lef and constructed in 1930, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety-related issues over recent years. Most concerning is an unresolved sewage issue reported in October 2023 that HPD couldn't inspect due to access problems, which remains closed but potentially indicates ongoing sanitation concerns.

The building has a documented pattern of heat and hot water issues, with complaints filed for the entire building in December 2022 (both 6th and 13th), September 2020, and a specific violation for inadequate heat in apartment 2R in December 2022. That same month, multiple safety violations were recorded, particularly affecting apartment 2R, including problems with self-closing doors, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and inadequate heating. The building's maintenance history shows some positive developments, with regular bedbug reporting from 2019 through 2025 showing zero infestations, though a failure to file annual reports for 2021 and 2023 resulted in violations.

More pressing are the Department of Buildings violations from 2019-2024 related to external low-pressure inspections and boiler inspections, which have not been resolved as of the latest records. The building has also undergone rodent inspections between 2011 and 2019, with mixed results, including failures in 2018 and 2019 but passing inspections in 2017 and other years. While there have been various maintenance issues throughout the building's recent history, the most notable pattern has been the heat system deficiencies and the challenge of accessing units for inspections, particularly regarding the recent sewage complaint.