71 Clifton Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238

71 Clifton Place is a four-story, four-unit Old Law tenement building located in Clinton Hill and owned by Louise Clark. The building, constructed in 1905, experienced a significant cluster of maintenance issues in May 2019, with multiple complaints filed through the 311 system and subsequently documented through Housing Maintenance Code violations. These issues included problems with heating and hot water, paint and plaster damage, window maintenance, flooring concerns, cooking gas, plumbing fixtures, electrical systems, safety concerns with window guards, and appliance issues.

The building received emergency Housing Maintenance Code violations during this period, though most were closed by June 2019. More recently, the building has faced issues regarding bedbug reporting compliance, with open violations noted in 2022-2024 indicating failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations. Specific ongoing violations from 2019 remain open, primarily affecting the fourth-floor apartment (Unit 4), including problems with door locks, interior painting requirements, smoke detector repairs, door self-closing mechanisms, and window repairs.

While the building has passed several rodent inspections between 2018-2019, there was one failure recorded in February 2019. The most recent bedbug report for the period of 2020-2021 indicated no infested units, with no units requiring eradication or experiencing reinfestation. The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of reactive maintenance rather than preventative upkeep, with many issues requiring emergency interventions to resolve.