239 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

239 12th Street is a three-story, three-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1899 in the South Slope neighborhood, currently owned by Paula Lopez. The building has experienced several notable issues over the past five years, with the most pressing concerns being open housing maintenance code violations from 2023 and 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, as required by HPD regulations.

The property has a documented history of pest management compliance, with bedbug reports from 2021 and 2022 showing no infested units, though the current open violations suggest regulatory compliance issues. The building has been subject to multiple Department of Buildings (DOB) and Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations, most significantly between 2019 and 2021, regarding unauthorized construction work in the cellar area.

These violations, issued to respondent Ramona Gonzalez, were resolved through multiple compliance orders, though there was a delayed resolution evidenced by the failure-to-certify corrections violation in May 2021. A 311 complaint about sewage odor in February 2021 suggests potential maintenance issues, though this was resolved with an advisory to correct the condition. The building's age and these documented compliance issues indicate a history of regulatory interactions, but recent bedbug reporting (2021) shows no current pest infestation, and the most recent building violations primarily relate to administrative compliance rather than immediate health or safety concerns.