616 President Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The four-story, four-unit old law tenement building at 616 President Street in Park Slope, owned by Ebrahim Barakat, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past several years, with the most pressing concerns centered around heating and safety systems. Between February 2019 and November 2020, there were multiple complaints and violations related to heat and hot water services, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building, culminating in emergency calls to HPD.

Notably, a carbon monoxide detector violation was recorded in August 2019, and a boiler-related complaint was filed in March 2020, though it was inspected with no violations found at that time. More recent records from 2021 through 2023 show some improvements, though several violations remained unaddressed for extended periods.

These included the need for annual bedbug reporting in 2021-2023, and various safety concerns such as door self-closing mechanisms and fire escape access. The building has maintained an active bedbug prevention program in recent years, with reports from 2022-2024 showing no infested units, and rodent inspections in 2010 and 2017 indicating past activity but generally successful management of these issues. The most recent HPD inspection in March 2023 resulted in a bedbug reporting violation, though there have been no major heating or safety violations recorded in the past two years, suggesting some stabilization of building conditions.