12 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The four-story New Law Tenement building at 12 Lincoln Place in Park Slope, owned by Thomas Knowlton and constructed in 1918, has experienced several notable events affecting its tenants over recent years. Most concerning is the building's history of heating system issues, with complaints registered in both December 2021 and February 2022 regarding heat and hot water problems in individual apartments, though inspections by HPD found no violations in these cases.

The building has also faced persistent regulatory compliance challenges, particularly with bedbug reporting requirements: violations were issued in April 2021, February 2022, and March 2023 for failure to file the mandatory annual bedbug reports, though the most recent bedbug report from March 2024 indicates no infested units were present during the 2022-2023 reporting period, continuing a pattern of zero infestation since at least 2020 according to prior filings from May 2022. The building's rodent inspection history shows some mixed results from 2011 to 2018, with initial inspections in 2013 and 2018 passing successfully, but a failed inspection in 2011 and rat activity was noted in April 2013, indicating past concerns with vermin that appear to have been resolved by the time of the last inspection.

While the building has maintained compliance with various housing maintenance codes in recent years, the pattern of heating system complaints and historical rodent issues suggests periodic maintenance challenges, though many of these problems appear to have been addressed based on recent inspection results. The property has no outstanding violations on record as of October 2023, and inspections conducted during 2022-2023 have not identified new compliance issues.