156 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

156 12th Street is a four-story, eight-unit old law tenement building located in Gowanus, built in 1931 and currently owned by Robert Jeziorski. The property has experienced significant heat and hot water issues in early 2025, with multiple complaints filed between January and February 2025, most notably on February 25 and February 2, 2025, where Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) inspectors were unable to gain access to the apartments for inspection, though one inspection on February 5 did not reveal violations.

There were also repeated complaints regarding plumbing issues in bathtubs/showers during this period, with similar access issues preventing proper inspection in several instances. The building has maintained a consistent record of zero bedbug infestations over the past five years, with all annual bedbug reporting requirements met and showing no cases of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation.

The property passed rodent inspections in 2020, 2023, and previously in 2019, though there were periods of rat activity noted between June and August 2019, indicating some challenges with pest control during that time. The building's maintenance history shows several open violations from 2019, including issues with building cleanliness, an illegal padlock on the roof bulkhead door, and problems with the fourth-story public hall ceiling, though many other violations from previous years have been closed. The property has consistently filed its annual bedbug reports showing zero infestation cases, and passed rodent inspections in recent years, suggesting improved pest management.