144 20th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232
The 6-unit, 3-story tenement building at 144 20th Street in Sunset Park, owned by Ana Taveras, has experienced several concerning issues in recent years, with the most pressing being a heat and hot water emergency reported in January 2025 that resulted in HPD's inability to gain building access for inspection. Between 2021 and 2024, the building faced multiple serious violations including significant construction-related problems in September 2021 when it was cited for removing a suspended staircase leading from the basement to street level without proper permits or safety measures, resulting in three active Environmental Control Board violations totaling $37,750 in penalties.
These violations included failure to maintain the building in a code-compliant manner and failure to file a Tenant Protection Plan during ongoing construction activities. The building's bedbug reporting history shows consistent violations from 2021 through 2024, though the most recent report for the 2022-2023 period indicates no infested units (with 0 infested, eradicated, or re-infested units reported).
A concerning pattern emerged during 2019-2025 with four consecutive years of bedbug report filing violations between 2021-2024, though the most recent filing from September 2024 appears to show compliance with the requirement. Additionally, there was a legitimate work without permit complaint in both 2020 and 2021, with a full stop work order issued in September 2021 for unsafe construction practices, and the building has multiple open violations as of December 2021 related to failing to correct immediately hazardous conditions.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 6 |
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Year built | 1930 |
Total area | 3750 sq ft |
Floors | 3 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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