65 Whipple Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

The three-story, two-unit tenement building at 65 Whipple Street in Williamsburg, owned by Silvestre Pineda and dating back to 1901, has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years. Most concerning was a heat and hot water problem reported in July 2022 that resulted in violations from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), one of two such heating complaints in 2021-2022, with the second heating complaint in 2021 showing no violations.

The building has maintained an active bedbug reporting record from 2019 to 2025, with the most recent report in June 2025 showing no infestations during the 2023-2024 period, and previous years indicating no infestations or eradications. HPD inspections in 2022 revealed multiple violations related to building safety and maintenance, including issues with a locked boiler room door, self-closing doors, and various posting requirements in the public hall areas, though all these violations have since been closed. More recent inspections in 2023 and 2024 showed violations related to the annual bedbug report filing requirement, though these were class A violations, meaning they were not immediately hazardous.

The building also experienced a Department of Buildings complaint in October 2019 regarding construction enforcement, but inspection access was not granted. Throughout this period, the property has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, consistently showing no infestation cases since 2020. The combined history of heating issues, maintenance violations, and safety compliance requirements suggests ongoing attention to building systems and safety standards, though recent years have shown regular closure of violations and no recurrence of some specific issues, such as heating problems.