230 South 1st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

230 South 1st Street is a 6-story, 20-unit New Law tenement building located in Williamsburg and completed in 1905, currently owned by Scott Jaffee. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues in recent years, with multiple emergency complaints reported throughout 2024 and continuing into 2025, most recently in February 2025, suggesting an ongoing systemic problem with the building's heating infrastructure.

The building has also faced water-related issues, with slow leaks reported in both 2025 and late 2023, though inspections did not result in violations. A concerning pattern of safety and maintenance issues is evident in historical records from 2021-2023, including multiple violations in apartment 5C related to carbon monoxide safety, window guards, and smoke detectors, as well as various building-wide safety concerns such as defective doors and inadequate heating systems.

The elevator system has shown recurring maintenance issues, with multiple complaints about single-device service and no alternate service recorded between 2022 and 2023, resulting in an Environmental Control Board violation in late 2023 associated with unsafe in-car communications and alarm systems, though this was resolved with a penalty of $1,250. The building's owners have demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, showing no infestations in recent years since 2018-2019, and passed rodent inspections in 2017, indicating general pest management compliance. While recent complaints have been generally addressed and closed by HPD, the pattern of heating system failures and associated tenant complaints suggests this remains an area of concern within the building.