684 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The 12-unit, 4-story residential building at 684 Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, owned by Edward Rabin, is a 1910 Old Law Tenement property with a notable history of maintenance and habitability issues. Most recently, in April 2025, there was an emergency heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building, though services were restored before the HPD inspection could take place.

This recent incident adds to the building's concerning pattern of heating system problems, following a similar emergency complaint from November 2019. The building also has an established history of rodent issues, particularly in 2023-2024, with multiple inspections recording rat activity, though the most recent inspection in March 2025 showed a passing result.

The Department of Buildings and Housing Preservation Department records indicate several concerning incidents, including unauthorized construction work in 2020 (access denied during inspection) and an environmental violation from 2018 related to unpermitted installation of business awnings and signs, for which a $620 penalty was imposed. While the building has experienced a bedbug infestation (one unit in 2019), subsequent annual reports from 2020 through 2024 show no further occurrences. The property has demonstrated some level of maintenance improvement, as evidenced by passing rat inspections in 2022 and the most recent rodent inspection in March 2025, though the pattern of violations and complaints suggests ongoing challenges with building systems and maintenance.