645 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

645 Washington Avenue is a three-story, two-family residential building located in Crown Heights and owned by Cleonie Sinclair. The 1930 structure has experienced several maintenance issues over the years, with the most significant cluster of violations occurring in December 2005.

During that inspection, three notable problems were documented: missing glass panes in the third-story front room window, a defective fire escape drop ladder in the rear yard, and inadequate hot water provision to all fixtures in the second-story apartment's kitchen and bathroom. While these violations were ultimately certified as closed in May 2019, the building has maintained a generally reliable maintenance record since then.

The property has undergone regular rodent inspections, with the most recent three (2023, 2024, and 2025) all passing successfully, though there were two failures recorded in 2010, indicating a period of pest control challenges approximately 15 years ago. A Department of Buildings complaint was filed in October 2018 regarding an unpermitted work issue at a neighboring address (11238), but the complaint was closed due to the inspector's inability to gain access after two attempts in November 2018. The building's recent inspection history suggests improved maintenance and living conditions, with no significant violations or complaints recorded in the past six years.