688 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The three-story, four-unit residential building at 688 Union Street in Park Slope, owned by Joseph Zelik and constructed in 1921, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years. Most notably, there have been two heating-related emergencies: one in March 2023 where the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was unable to access apartments to verify heat issues, and another in August 2021 involving plumbing and water supply problems that were resolved after HPD verification.

The building has also faced administrative challenges, with multiple violations issued in 2023 regarding failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2020, 2021, and 2022, though these were subsequently dismissed in February 2024. The property has maintained a good record with regard to pest control, with no bedbug infestations reported in the annual filings from 2019 through 2024, and a successful rodent inspection in 2018, following a failed inspection in 2017.

The building's most recent service request history shows a food establishment inspection matter from late 2023-2024 that was closed, and there are ongoing mobile food vendor-related complaints from March 2020 regarding garbage and placement issues that remain in progress with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The building's permit records show that work was authorized in August 2019 under job number 340690407, though specific details of the work performed are not provided in the records.