813 Crown Street, Brooklyn, NY 11213

813 Crown Street, a 2-story, 4-unit New Law Tenement built in 1924, has experienced multiple significant safety and maintenance issues in recent years under current ownership by Joe Weiss. The building has multiple active violations related to unauthorized construction work, including several open bedbug report violations from 2021 through 2024.

Between March and April 2024, the building documented repeated failures to file required annual bedbug reports, while in 2023, there were four consecutive complaints about unpermitted work, resulting in multiple enforcement actions including partial stop work orders and Oath violations. In the summer of 2023, the building faced two active Environmental Control Board violations for work without permits and failure to maintain code compliance, with penalties totaling $8,072.50.

The building was issued a Full Vacate Order in November 2021 due to safety concerns including cracked masonry walls, sagging floors, and deteriorated joists, while steep fines were imposed for various construction-related violations including expired sidewalk shed permits totaling $16,250 across multiple years (2020-2023). Despite these severe issues, the property has recently shown some improvement, with passed rodent inspections in 2024 and 2025, though it had multiple failed inspections for other reasons between 2018-2022. The building's maintenance history indicates ongoing challenges with both structural integrity and compliance with housing codes, though there have been no new documented violations since July 2023 according to available records up to October 2023.