179 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

The four-story, six-unit residential building at 179 Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick, owned by Isaac Weiss, has a significant history of water-related issues and maintenance challenges since 2022. Most recently, there was a heat and hot water problem in December 2023 that resulted in violations, and throughout 2023, multiple water leak complaints were filed, including slow leaks and heavy flow issues. The building experienced two separate incidents of mold (June 2023 and January 2023) and a carbon monoxide detector safety concern early in 2023.

A December 2023 inspection resulted in violations related to locked boiler room access and hot water provision in Apartment 2B. The property, classified as an Old Law Tenement and built in 1931, has also faced structural and maintenance challenges in previous years. In 2021, violations were recorded in Apartment 4B regarding defective plastered surfaces, wood floor issues, and roof leaks.

The building had plumbing-related problems on multiple occasions, including a steam pipe/riser issue in January 2023. Noteworthy is the building's rodent inspection history, showing mixed results between 2022 and 2025, with rat activity detected in several inspections, though all recent inspections (2024-2025) have passed. The property has maintained a clean bedbug record for multiple years, with no reported infestations between 2019 and 2024, and all housing maintenance code violations from 2020 onwards have been resolved. The Department of Buildings issued an Environmental Control Board violation in January 2023 regarding water leaks and boiler maintenance, though this was subsequently resolved with a penalty of $312.