155 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215

155 Garfield Place is a 16-unit, 4-story Old Law Tenement building located in Park Slope, built in 1920 and currently owned by Uri Minskovich. The building has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues in recent years, with the most recent complaints occurring in December 2024 and March 2024, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. These intermittent heating issues have been consistently documented through 311 service requests and Housing Maintenance Code complaints, indicating an ongoing concern with the building's heating system.

In addition to heating problems, the building faced several maintenance challenges in 2024, including sewage-related issues (both leaks and odors) in March 2024, and a series of violations related to door security and self-closing mechanisms at various building entrances, including the main entrance and roof access. The property has been subject to various inspections and violations, including a 2024 inspection revealing problems with fire retardant material in the fourth-story hall and an entrance door latch issue. Earlier concerns included inadequate gas supply to kitchen fixtures in Apartment 1D and heating issues in the same unit, both documented in March 2024 violations.

While historically there were some infrastructure concerns, including a fence height violation in 2019, recent years have shown improvement in some areas. Notably, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the building from 2019 to 2025, and while there were indications of rat activity in 2022, there have been no subsequent rodent issues documented. The building's maintenance history shows a mix of resolved and ongoing issues, with particular attention needed to the recurring heating system problems affecting resident comfort and building systems.