1820 East 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11229

1820 East 13th Street is a 6-story, 94-unit residential building in Sheepshead Bay, constructed in 1941 and currently owned by Lennard Katz. The building has experienced persistent heat and hot water issues in 2025, with ten documented complaints between January and April, including both entire building and individual apartment problems. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has repeatedly responded to these emergency situations, with some violations issued in February 2025 that required correction.

Prior to these recent issues, the building had several notable maintenance concerns in 2024, including problems with fire safety systems, carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, and water leaks in common areas. Two violations from 2024 specifically affected apartment 5M, including hot water issues and safety device problems. The property's history shows some concerning trends, including a brief period in 2019-2020 with an elevator malfunction (though no violations were found), and a series of complaints regarding locked/blocked egress in 2024.

While the building has passed its rodent inspections in 2015, 2011, and earlier in 2020, it had one reported bedbug incident in 2018-2019 that was eradicated. The building's energy management has also been problematic, with violations issued in 2021 and 2022 for failing to file required benchmarking reports and display energy efficiency scores, though these were ultimately dismissed. Recent maintenance records suggest ongoing challenges with basic building systems, particularly heating and hot water infrastructure, which have been the primary focus of tenant complaints in 2025.