7 Mac Donough Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

7 Mac Donough Street is a 4-story, 8-unit residential building located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Heather Marshall and constructed in 1900 as an Old Law Tenement. The building has experienced recurring heating and hot water system issues, particularly notable in December 2023 when multiple complaints were filed by tenants regarding the entire building's heat and hot water systems, leading to several HPD inspections.

More recently, in June 2025, there are open complaints regarding a slow water leak and ceiling paint/plaster issues. The property has also been documented with several maintenance violations, including three open Class C violations from November 2023 related to building heating system access, heating system notice posting requirements, and one from November 2022 concerning defective self-closing doors at various locations including the building entrance and public hall. The building's inspection history shows active Department of Buildings violations for failure to file external low-pressure inspections for the years 2020-2023, as well as some historical heat and hot water-related violations.

While the building has passed recent rodent inspections in 2024 and 2025, there were periods of rat activity noted in inspections from late 2022 through mid-2024. A bedbug report for the period 2022-2023 shows no recorded infestations or treatments, and the building is currently in compliance with the bedbug reporting requirements as of May 2024. The persistent nature of the heating system complaints and violations suggests ongoing challenges with the building's infrastructure, though recent inspections show some improvements in rodent management.