1640 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11233

1640 Park Place is a 4-story, 12-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1915 and currently owned by Kenneth Knox. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past two years, with eight documented complaints between March 2024 and February 2025, all marked as emergencies.

While some of these complaints resulted in violations being issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), there were instances where inspectors were unable to gain access for verification, though they confirmed similar issues in other units. Additional concerns were recorded in January 2024, including unsanitary conditions in garbage/recycling storage areas and inadequate lighting, although not all of these complaints led to violations.

The most recent complaint about heat and hot water issues was filed in February 2025 and closed in two days, though inspectors faced access issues again. The building underwent a Local Law 188/17 compliance inspection on February 27, 2025, but no violations were found at that time. On a positive note, during the most recent bedbug reporting period from November 2023 to October 2024, the building maintained a clean record with no reported infestations or need for eradication efforts, suggesting effective pest management practices during that time.