116 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215

This four-story, four-unit New Law Tenement building at 116 Garfield Place in Park Slope, owned by Louis Kessel, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past several years, with the most recent being an unsanitary condition related to garbage/recycling storage reported in January 2025. While this complaint was investigated by HPD and determined not to violate housing laws, it follows a pattern of waste management issues noted in previous years, including violations issued in October 2018 for improper garbage storage and insufficient receptacles under the Administrative Code (certified in December 2018).

The building has also faced heating system challenges, with a building-wide heat/hot water complaint logged in January 2019, though inspectors were unable to access units for verification. The property has shown variable results in rodent inspections between 2011 and 2018, with some instances of rat activity reported in 2012 and October 2018, though a compliance inspection in December 2018 passed.

Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past five years, with all annual reports from 2020 through 2024 showing zero infested units or related activity. The building's maintenance history suggests ongoing challenges with waste management and periodic heating system reliability, while recent inspections indicate improvements in rodent control, though this remains an area of historical concern.