22 Tehama Street, Brooklyn, NY 11218

22 Tehama Street is a two-story, three-unit building located in Kensington, Brooklyn, constructed in 1899 and currently owned by Wei Li. The building has experienced several maintenance issues over recent years, with the most recent being a power outage in late 2023, which the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was able to verify and address. A significant cluster of complaints occurred in March-April 2022, including issues with multiple building systems such as plumbing (sink), electricity (lighting), safety (smoke detectors), and various structural elements including doors, windows, walls, and flooring.

While HPD conducted inspections for many of these complaints, they were often unable to gain access to the affected areas. The building has an ongoing concern with compliance regarding annual bedbug reporting, with violations noted in inspections from 2021 through 2024 indicating this requirement has not been consistently met. Two important inspection attempts in 2023, related to gas utility and work without permit complaints, also resulted in inspectors being unable to gain access.

The property's maintenance history reveals persistent challenges with access for inspections and resolution of various building system issues, though many complaints have been resolved or closed following appropriate agency intervention. An unsanitary conditions complaint regarding garbage/recycling storage was recorded in 2022, and there was one air quality issue involving sewage odor in the same year that prompted an advisory to the property management. The building currently has no open violations on record with HPD, though the failure to submit required bedbug reports remains an outstanding compliance issue.