1365 St Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY 11213

The four-story, 10-unit residential building at 1365 St Johns Place in Crown Heights, owned by Zach Spira, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues between 2023 and 2025, with the most pressing concern being repeated heat and hot water outages. The building has documented multiple heat/hot water complaints in both 2023 and 2024, with the most recent being in April 2025, suggesting a persistent problem with the building's heating system. In addition to the heating issues, there have been safety concerns including a broken window guard reported in April 2024, and problems with doors and windows across multiple units.

The building underwent significant construction between 2019 and 2022, during which time several safety violations were recorded related to construction practices, including improper platform usage on the fire escape and inadequate fire safety measures, resulting in multiple fines totaling $11,250. The property has maintained a clean record for bedbugs in recent years, with no reported infestations since 2019, and has consistently passed rodent inspections since 2018. There have been several instances of violation notices for failing to file required inspection reports (such as the 2017 Boiler Inspection), though these violations were eventually dismissed.

Unit-specific violations were recorded in 2022 and 2024, including issues with self-closing doors and vent covers in multiple apartments. Notably, the building's systems and safety equipment, including smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, have generally been found to be compliant during inspections, though there was one period in 2023-2024 where some safety equipment was noted as needing attention. While the building has had its share of maintenance issues, recent months have shown fewer complaints compared to earlier periods, with many recent service requests being duplicate complaints rather than new issues.