1368 East 18th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11230

The 2-story, 4-unit building at 1368 East 18th Street in Midwood, owned by Yiao Lin, has experienced several infrastructure issues over the past few years, most notably between late 2019 and early 2020. During November 2019, multiple water-related complaints were filed and subsequently investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), including both heavy and slow leaks, as well as an emergency electrical lighting issue.

Additionally, there was an entire-building heat and hot water complaint in January 2019, though HPD communicated with tenants and confirmed corrections were made. More recent concerns include two open Class A violations from 2023 and 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations, though prior bedbug reporting (for 2019-2021) showed no infested units, with all units reported as free of infestation.

The building's most recent 311 service request, filed in August 2024, involved a complaint about an illegal farm animal kept as a pet, which was linked to earlier complaints and provided a reference to the NYC Rat Portal. Importantly, the building passed a rodent inspection in December 2019, which suggests the property is generally maintaining acceptable pest control standards. While the property has experienced significant maintenance issues in the past, particularly in late 2019, there have been no major infrastructure complaints reported in recent years, though the outstanding bedbug reporting violations should be noted.