394 Mac Donough Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

394 Mac Donough Street is a 4-story, 18-unit old law tenement building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant and owned by Charles Atwell. The property, constructed in 1893, has experienced ongoing heating and hot water system issues, with multiple emergency complaints filed between November and December 2024, indicating persistent building-wide climate control problems.

These heating system challenges appear to be a longstanding issue, as evidenced by two Department of Buildings violations regarding boiler conditions from 2023 and 2024, specifically citing problems with the chimney and fire chamber seal, for which penalties were imposed but resolved. The building has faced several significant maintenance challenges in recent years, including an infestation of roaches in fourth-floor apartment 4F (October 2023), heavy water flow issues (October 2023), and various electrical problems including lighting and no-lighting complaints (November 2023).

Multiple violations remain open, including concerns about a broken intercom system, roof leaks affecting the fourth-floor kitchen, and insufficient documentation regarding bedbug reporting requirements (October 2023). However, it's worth noting that bedbug reports from 2019 through 2024 show zero reported infestations, and recent rodent inspections in 2022, 2024, and 2025 have passed. While these recent rodent inspections and the absence of bedbug infestations suggest some level of effective maintenance, the recurring heating system problems and outstanding violations indicate ongoing maintenance challenges.