998 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225

The 4-unit, 2-story New Law Tenement building at 998 Carroll Street in Crown Heights, owned by Joseph Gresham, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, most notably a heat and hot water service complaint in February 2023. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was unable to gain access to inspect the reported heating issues, which were classified as an emergency.

Prior to this, the building had received two consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations in 2021 and 2022 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though records from 2023 through early 2024 show no reported instances of bedbug infestations, with all units reporting zero infested, eradicated, and re-infested units in the most recent filings. The building's rodent inspection history reveals a generally stable environment, with the most recent inspections in 2024 and 2025 resulting in passing grades, though there was one instance of recorded rat activity in March 2024.

This marked a notable deviation from the building's typically clean record, as all previous inspections dating back to 2011 had consistently passed. The property's maintenance history suggests some periods of concern regarding both heating issues and pest management compliance, though recent filings indicate improved conditions, particularly with regard to bedbug reporting compliance and absence of reported infestations in the past two years.