55 Clifton Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238

This 4-story, 8-unit Old Law Tenement building located at 55 Clifton Place in Clinton Hill, built in 1905, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over recent years, particularly regarding rodent problems and safety violations. Between 2024 and 2025, multiple complaints and inspections revealed persistent rodent activity, with the most recent inspections in April 2025 confirming rat activity. The building underwent two water-related incidents in early 2025, including heavy flow leaks in February and unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage in March.

From 2021, there was a notable period of heating system problems, with multiple emergency complaints about lack of heat and hot water in February 2021, though systems were reportedly restored. The building has also faced various safety code violations, particularly in 2023, including issues with self-closing doors (both in Apartment 4 and in public areas) and a defective carbon monoxide detector in Apartment 2. Earlier violations from 2021 involved obstructions on fire escapes.

Despite these issues, recent bedbug reports from 2021 through 2024 show no infestations, except for one case in 2019 that was reportedly eradicated. The building passed its rodent inspections in 2018 and 2019, and a permit for work was issued in July 2018. The property has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance from 2019 to present, with zero infestations reported in the most recent three filing periods.