304 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 304 13th Street in South Slope, owned by Conrad Lower, has a significant history of regulatory issues over the past few years that warrant attention. Most notably, in March 2023, the building faced serious safety violations related to fire safety systems in the basement level, including the lack of an appropriate fire alarm system and automatic sprinkler system for transient use, both of which remain ACTIVE violations with substantial penalties totaling $5,840.

These violations were accompanied by a notice of illegal conversion of the basement level for non-residential purposes, which directly contradicts the building's classification as a three-family multiple dwelling. The property has also been subject to repeated Housing Maintenance Code violations regarding bedbug reporting, with inspections in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024, although the most recent bedbug report filing for the period from November 2022 to October 2023 shows no infestations, eradications, or re-infestations.

Additional regulatory scrutiny includes several Department of Buildings complaints, with the most recent in May 2025 related to Special Operations Compliance, and previous complaints in 2023 regarding illegal hotel rooms and in 2022 concerning illegal conversion, though access was not granted for the latter inspection. While the bedbug reporting requirements have been addressed in 2024 with a filing showing no current infestations, the building continues to face serious safety concerns with the active fire safety violations and associated penalties, which were documented during a March 2023 inspection and have not been resolved as of the most recent data available.