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15 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 10 open in all.

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Open violations
102 · 4 · 4
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202230
202300
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 11 violations from 1987 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 2
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
1.7 (10 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
13 Dec 2022 (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 hazardous2 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.

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at public hall, 1st story at boiler room

    Issued 13 Dec 2022Notice sent out 14 Dec 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system; door leading to the boiler room locked at cellar

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Notice sent out 6 Jan 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous4 open

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

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door at an apartment mailbox at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Notice sent out 6 Jan 2021Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of bedbugs in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 15 Mar 2012Notice sent out 18 Mar 2012Pests§ 27-2018

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 1 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 5 May 1988Notice sent out 21 May 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance door 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 16 Sept 1987Notice sent out 21 May 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

Non-hazardous4 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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceiling 1 sty west an apartment kitchen & bathroom.

    Issued 5 May 1988Not complied with 29 Jan 2012Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration dropped ceiling 1 sty north an apartment bathroom.

    Issued 16 Sept 1987Not complied with 31 Jan 2012Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration dropped ceiling 2 sty north an apartment kitchen.

    Issued 16 Sept 1987Not complied with 29 Jan 2012Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended ceiling kitchen bathroom & 2 room west 2 sty an apartment.

    Issued 4 Sept 1987Not complied with 29 Jan 2012Walls and ceilings§ 300

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.

  • ×6File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.

    6 issued 13 Apr 2021 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    Issued 20 Nov 2025Info notice sent out 19 Nov 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2107

4 closed violations, plus 7 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.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story at south

    Issued 13 Dec 2022Violation dismissed 5 Mar 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at entrance to building at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Jan 2022Violation closed 8 Apr 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors in the entrance, 2nd story

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Violation closed 18 Jun 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Violation closed 27 Jan 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

28 violations on record in total, 17 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.

4 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Leaks and plumbing2 / 2
  • Entry, buzzer and mail1 / 1
  • Heat and hot water0 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2025 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.

  • Registered managing agent

    PAUL TOOBIAN

    Public records list PAUL TOOBIAN as the registered managing agent for this address as of 20 Nov 2024. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (2 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    15 WILSON AVE CORP.

    Public records list 15 WILSON AVE CORP. as the owner of record for this address as of 20 Nov 2024. 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 2 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 building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
  3. 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. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 3031550006 · Block 3155, Lot 6 · Building class C2