1248 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The three-story, four-unit residential building at 1248 Dean Street in Crown Heights, owned by Hansel George, is a converted Class A property built in 1890. The building has experienced recurring issues with doors and windows over the past two years, with multiple complaints filed between March and June 2023, including emergency complaints about door conditions and a window frame issue, some of which resulted in open violations.

Recent maintenance concerns have focused on Unit 1A, which has open violations from 2023 regarding floor repairs, wall painting, and hot water temperature issues. The building has also faced challenges in maintaining essential services, with the Department of Buildings noting active violations for failure to file external low pressure inspections in 2022 and 2023, as well as an outstanding violation from 2019 for an annual boiler inspection. The property has shown compliance with rodent inspections, passing all inspections from 2020 through 2025, though there was one instance of rat activity noted in 2020.

The building's bedbug reporting shows a mixture of results, with no infestations reported in the most recent 2022-2023 period, but four previously infested units (now eradicated) identified in the 2021-2022 period. Multiple emergency complaints in 2023 related to plumbing issues (including toilet and sink problems), flooring concerns, and a sewage complaint were all closed without violations being found, suggesting that while maintenance issues have been frequent, many have been addressed promptly by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The building's most recent rodent inspection in February 2025 and previous inspections in 2024 and 2023 all passed, indicating effective pest management.