40 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

40 Clinton Street, also known as Clinton Towers, is an 11-story, 153-unit residential building in Brooklyn Heights, constructed in 1964 and currently owned by Steve Gold. The building has experienced several maintenance and safety issues over recent years, with the most significant concerns occurring between 2019 and 2021 when multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations were identified in apartment 9A, including problems with plaster surfaces, paint, and wood flooring. While these violations were marked as "Open" in 2019, more recent inspections have shown improvement.

The building has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections from 2015 to 2025, though there have been occasional rodent complaints, with the most recent being reported and inspected by the DOHMH in December 2023. Recent developments show ongoing regulatory scrutiny and infrastructure concerns, particularly regarding safety systems and scaffolding. In 2024, the building received active ECB violations related to public safety, totaling $2,500 in penalties, and previously had issues with an inadequate sidewalk shed in 2024.

The building's elevator system has been subject to inspections and violations, most notably in 2019. Despite these challenges, the property has maintained comprehensive bedbug reporting compliance from 2020 through 2024, consistently reporting zero infested units during these periods. The building has also passed multiple recent safety inspections in 2024 and 2025, suggesting improved compliance with regulatory standards, though significant violations remained active as of 2024. The most recent permit activities from 2018 and 2022 indicate ongoing maintenance and infrastructure work, though specific details of these permits were not provided in the data.