401 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

The Arches at Cobble Hill, a 59-unit, 4-story residential building constructed in 2004, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues in recent months, most notably in the plumbing and heating systems. Between December 2023 and November 2023, there were multiple complaints regarding water supply issues, with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) eventually closing these cases, though some required multiple inspections. Additionally, there was an emergency heat/hot water complaint for the entire building in late November 2023, with HPD unable to gain access for inspection.

The building has active Department of Buildings violations from 2023 for failure to file external low-pressure inspections in 2018, 2021, and 2022. The property has maintained an active bedbug monitoring program, with all recent filings (2022-2024) showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units. The building underwent inspections in 2022 that initially cited issues with bedbug reporting requirements, though these violations have been marked as closed.

Elevator maintenance appears to have been a concern in 2019, with violations issued for failure to file required inspections and correct identified defects, though the current status of these issues is not explicitly documented in recent records. The building's rodent control program has shown no significant issues, with the most recent inspection in 2022 passing without violations. Since becoming a converted Class A building, 401 Hicks Street has demonstrated compliance with many housing maintenance codes, though recent months have shown some recurring infrastructure challenges that warrant monitoring.