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48 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 4-story walk-up · 6 apartments

6 immediately hazardous violations open. 14 open in all.

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Open violations
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Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 17 violations before that, the first in 2013.

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Open per apartment
2.3 (14 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
21 Sept 2020 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
Tenant-reported
A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
Official violation
A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
Public complaint
A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
Public filing
A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
Court record
A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
Insufficient data
Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.

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Nothing above this section came from a tenant. It is all filed by the city, which means it only holds what somebody reported and an inspector wrote down, not what it is actually like to live here.

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Heat season

No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.

Rent stabilization

Public filing

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.

City violations

Official violation

Immediately hazardous6 open

Class C. HPD considers the condition an immediate danger: no heat in winter, no hot water, lead paint where a child lives, a broken lock on the front door. The owner has 24 hours to correct it.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of north window gate leading to fireescape improperly installed in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Jul 2017Notice sent out 23 Jul 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening north window pad lock at gate leading to fireescape in the 1st room from east, 4th story at west

    Issued 20 Jul 2017Notice certified late 7 Aug 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening chain and pad lock at north entrance gate to rear (second means of egress obstructed) yard

    Issued 20 Jul 2017Notice certified late 7 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damaged walls and ceilings in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    2 issued 10 Jul 2013Notice sent outWalls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damaged walls and ceilings in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 10 Jul 2013Notice sent out 17 Jul 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous7 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperable in the entire apartment, 4th story at north

    Issued 21 Sept 2020Notice sent out 22 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). inoperable in the entire apartment, 4th story at north

    Issued 21 Sept 2020Notice sent out 22 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide sufficient, proper and separate metal receptacles for the deposit of garbage, rubbish and other waste material and arrange for collection and disposal of such material. yard

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 15 Sept 2020Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2021

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household items (ice cooler, flower pots, carts) on balcony all storys, building rear at fire escape

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items (wood panels, metal shelfs, electronics) at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles at south wall, west wall in the bathroom, 4th story at north

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 15 Sept 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective caulking around bathtub in the bathroom, 4th story at north

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 15 Sept 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous1 open

Class A. The least serious band: chipped plaster, a missing cabinet, a peeling ceiling in a hallway. The owner has 90 days to correct it.

  • 187, 231 m/d law and department rules and regulations. provide a shoe properly secured to bottom of string of dropladder building rear at fire escape

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 53

Orders and notices1 open

An order issued against the building as a whole rather than a condition in one apartment: a vacate order, or selection for HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program for buildings with persistent violations.

  • The premises have been vacated by an order of this department and cannot be reoccupied except for caretaker until a new certificate of occupancy has been obtained.

    Issued 23 Jul 2013Not complied with 23 Jul 2017§ 27-2089

Paperwork and notices7 open

The owner failed to file something the city requires, most often the annual property registration or the annual bedbug report. Real violations, and they say something about an owner, but not a condition anyone is living in. Kept out of the count at the top of this page for that reason.

  • Paint or post a sign indicating floors at all storys public hall

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2048

  • Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building.

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box..

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd.

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling.

    Issued 14 Sept 2020Notice sent out 17 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

3 closed violations, plus 12 closed paperwork filings

Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.

  • ×2Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 4th story at north

    2 issued 14 Sept 2020 to 21 Sept 2020Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening chain and pad lock at north entrance gate to rear yard

    Issued 20 Jul 2017Violation closed 26 Sept 2017Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

37 violations on record in total, 22 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

Court records

Court record

Housing Court cases

Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.

No HPD Housing Court cases on record for this building.

Evictions

Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.

No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No DOB permits filed for this building in the last five years.

Annual bedbug report

Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.

  • Registered managing agent

    MSM MANAGEMENT GROUP INC

    Public records list MSM MANAGEMENT GROUP INC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 7 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    48 PLAZA

    Public records list 48 PLAZA as the owner of record for this address as of 7 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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What to ask at the viewing

Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.

  1. The city currently has 6 open immediately-hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern, how many are in the one you would be renting, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2026). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
  3. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  4. 7 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.

Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Questions about this building

BBL 3030080008 · Block 3008, Lot 8 · Building class C2