674 Livonia Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

The 5-story apartment building at 674 Livonia Avenue in East New York, built in 2011 and owned by Kevin Patterson, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years. Most notably, there is currently an open Housing Maintenance Code violation from September 2023 affecting apartment 2H, citing problems with plastered surfaces, including both defunct electrical features and pest infestations.

This apartment appears to have been particularly affected by pest issues, as indicated by recent 311 complaints and multiple HPD inspections showing both mouse and roach infestations. Similar pest-related violations have also been documented in apartment 3H, which has several open maintenance issues including defective cabinets and plaster repairs that remain unresolved as of August 2023. The building has faced ongoing elevator maintenance challenges, with multiple Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations recorded between 2020 and 2024.

These violations included periods when the elevator was completely out of service (February-March 2022), along with various maintenance issues such as inoperative alarm systems, incorrect stop switches, and untagged machine room doors. Most recently, in September 2024, violations were documented regarding maintenance log discrepancies and non-functional systems, though these issues were subsequently resolved. While the building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug-free status since 2019 and has passed rodent inspections in 2016 and 2020, the current situation as of October 2024 suggests continuing maintenance challenges that have required multiple layers of complaint reporting through the HPD system, with inspection access issues noted in recent complaints for various units throughout the building.