1842 East 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11229

The three-story, two-family house at 1842 East 12th Street in Sheepshead Bay, owned by Lena Lin, has experienced several notable issues, particularly in September 2020, when the building faced multiple housing maintenance code violations and complaints. Most concerning were two separate unsanitary condition complaints - one regarding mold and the other concerning pests - both of which were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

While no violations were issued for these complaints, they nonetheless indicate challenges with maintaining healthy living conditions. The building's September 2020 inspection revealed several administrative code violations primarily related to safety notifications and requirements.

These included the need to post proper notices regarding carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detector requirements, and gas leak procedures, as well as maintaining a display of the building's registration number and housing information guide. While most of these violations were subsequently closed by December 2020, during the inspection an immediate safety concern was noted regarding doors at the building entrance that required self-closing functionality, though this was later marked as closed. Notably, there remains one open violation regarding an illegal fastening at the building entrance, for which verification or certification of resolution is currently outstanding, though the date of this between-1992-2007 normal business hours violation isn't specifically recorded in the available data.