489 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238

489 Prospect Place is a 21-unit, 4-story New Law Tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Howard Rosenhouse and located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The building experienced significant heating system issues in late 2022, with multiple tenant complaints about lack of heat and hot water affecting the entire building between November 26-28, 2022.

While these complaints were eventually marked as closed, they highlight a concerning winter performance of the building's heating systems. More recently, in March 2023, three separate violations were issued regarding safety posting requirements in the first-story public hall, including the need for proper gas leak procedures, registration number display, and smoke detector requirements - though these were all certified as corrected by March 2023. The building's pest control history shows a generally clean record over the past few years, with no reported bedbug infestations in the most recent three-year reporting period (2021-2025).

The rodent inspections present a mixed picture: while the building passed inspections in 2024 and 2025, a rat activity violation was noted in July 2023, and an initial inspection in May 2023 also showed rat activity. The property's compliance with housing maintenance codes has been variable, with multiple emergency heat/hot water complaints in 2022 and the aforementioned safety posting violations in 2023. While the building has shown improvements in some areas, such as the certification of safety violations in 2023, the heating system issues in late 2022 and recent rodent activity complaints suggest ongoing maintenance challenges.