643 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216

643 Prospect Place is a 4-story, 8-unit New Law Tenement building in Crown Heights, constructed in 1905 and currently owned by 643 Prospect Pl Realty LLC. The building has experienced recurring maintenance and pest control challenges over recent years, with particularly significant issues documented between 2021-2025. Most notably, there has been a persistent rodent problem, with multiple inspections in late 2024 and early 2025 showing rat activity and requiring repeated bait applications.

The property also had multiple housing maintenance complaints in late 2021, including issues with walls, ceilings, windows, doors, and unsanitary conditions, though inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) resulted in no violations being issued for these complaints. The building's maintenance history reveals several infrastructure concerns, particularly from a 2018 inspection which documented multiple violations related to public hall safety, including broken or defective fire-retardant plaster, inadequate lighting, missing balusters on stairs, and exposed electrical wiring. While these violations were noted as "close" in 2018, they highlight historical safety concerns.

However, recent bedbug reporting dating from 2021 through 2025 shows no recorded infestations, suggesting successful management of this particular issue. The property has maintained compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements, with the most recent filing in July 2025 indicating zero infested units. The building has passed recent rodent inspections as of May 2025, though this follows a period of active pest management efforts earlier in the year.