1151 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

1151 Dean Street is a 4-story, 16-unit residential building constructed in 1906, currently owned by Milton Guartan. The property has experienced recurring building-wide heat and hot water issues, with the most recent incident reported in October 2023.

There have been multiple complaints about unsanitary conditions, including pest infestations, with two such incidents reported in 2019 and 2022 where HPD was unable to gain access for inspection. The building has also faced plumbing issues, specifically a toilet problem reported in late 2020, and a water leak incident in December 2019. The property has open Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2020 related to safety concerns, including issues with a plexiglass panel at the front entrance door and flower pots obstructing fire escape egress from the second-story balcony.

Violation notices from 2019 require painting of the east wall at the 4th-story public hall stairs. Although the building successfully filed annual bedbug reports from 2020-2024 indicating zero infested units, it has recently shown persistent rodent activity, with inspections between 2023-2025 consistently showing rat activity, though there were two initial inspections in 2023 and 2024 that passed. The building's maintenance history suggests ongoing challenges with heating systems, plumbing, and pest control, while also highlighting some improvements such as the absence of bedbug infestations in recent reporting periods.