585 Logan Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208

The property at 585 Logan Street is a two-story, three-unit building located in East New York, owned by Tiffany Ricketts and constructed in 1905. The building has a significant history of maintenance issues, with the most substantial cluster of problems occurring in mid-2018. During July-August 2018, multiple violations were recorded across various categories including plumbing (toilet, sink), paint/plaster (walls), flooring/stairs, and window-related problems.

These resulted in both emergency and non-emergency classifications, with specific violations noted for broken ceramic floor tiles in a second-story bathroom, defective wood casing around kitchen windows, and issues with carbon monoxide detectors in Apartment 2. That same summer, inspections revealed physical maintenance problems including broken window glass, defective floor surfaces, and plaster damage, all of which were subsequently addressed and closed. More serious issues emerged in early 2018, with the Department of Buildings issuing violations for unauthorized work including the installation of a new bathroom, kitchen, and stairway without proper permits, along with occupancy violations regarding unauthorized cellar living spaces including a cooking range and full bathroom.

These violations carried penalties of $625 and $2,500 respectively, though records indicate they were resolved. In April 2019, additional violations were documented regarding fire safety egress and a loose wooden ladder to the roof scuttle opening. Despite these numerous violations, most were subsequently addressed and closed, with the most recent documented issue from the Department of Buildings being a failure to certify correction on an immediately hazardous violation from August 2018, which was dismissed in October 2018. The building has passed a rodent inspection conducted in 2012, suggesting no significant pest issues were present at that time.