1602 West 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11223

1602 West 6th Street is a 27-unit, 4-story New Law Tenement building located in Gravesend, constructed in 1928 and currently owned by Haris Basic. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past several years, with the most recent concerns focusing on heat and hot water problems.

In November 2022, there was an apartment-specific heat/hot water issue that required HPD intervention, and prior to that, in October 2021, there were two separate water leak complaints (one with slow leakage and another with heavy flow) that HPD was unable to inspect due to access issues. In June 2019, the building faced multiple urgent situations including a building-wide heat/hot water problem and several cooking gas complaints, though inspections showed heating and hot water had been restored and no violations were issued for the cooking gas matters. Looking at the building's historical records, there was a verified rodent issue in apartment B1 in 2018, along with several administrative violations related to required notices about housing information and gas leak procedures in common areas, all of which were subsequently closed.

Two complaints regarding Certificate of Occupancy and illegal commercial use were filed in June 2019, though inspectors were unable to gain access to verify these concerns. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with zero reported cases in the annual filings from 2019 through the most recent report in 2024. While the building has experienced recurring maintenance issues, particularly related to heating systems and water infrastructure, it has shown compliance in addressing violations when identified, and there have been no recent reports of bedbug infestations or other pest issues.