12 West Street, Staten Island, NY 10310

The property at 12 West Street in West Brighton is a 2-family, 2-story house built in 1899 and currently owned by Luis Sandoval. The building has experienced several maintenance issues, with notable problems occurring in 2020. During that year, multiple service requests were logged between June and September, primarily concerning water leaks (classified as "heavy flow"), plumbing issues affecting toilets and water supply, and appliance problems including malfunctioning refrigerators and electric/gas ranges.

All these complaints were eventually closed without any violations being issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). A significant cluster of violations and concerns emerged in late 2020, with open Housing Maintenance Code Violations documented on November 17, 2020, particularly affecting Apartment 1, including issues with windows, water leaks, and plastered surfaces in various rooms. The summer of 2020 also brought to light serious concerns regarding the building's occupancy status, with violations recorded on August 31, 2020, suggesting that the property had been converted from a private dwelling to a multiple dwelling without proper legal status.

This included allegations of unauthorized basement living spaces with plumbing and cooking facilities. The building inspector's attempts to verify these conditions in May 2021 were reportedly met with access denial. While there was a subsequent violation related to failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous ECB violation, this was dismissed in June 2021. While many of these violations were initially classified as open, recent records indicate that some of these issues may have been resolved, though specific details on resolution are not provided in the available data.