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255 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 5 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
52 · 2 · 1
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
2023102
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 1 violation from 2020 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 4
  • Walls and ceilings 3
  • Mold and damp 2
Open per apartment
0.8 (5 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
16 Sept 2023 (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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Heat season

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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

The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.

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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective, in the entrance, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Sept 2023Invalid certification 1 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Properly repair the broken or defective heavy duty mortise lock and assembly for building entrance door from street, 1st story

    Issued 5 Nov 2020Invalid certification 11 Nov 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at west wall at lower level apartment in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 12 Jul 2023Notice certified late 17 Sept 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approximately 2 sq feet of mold at west wall at lower level room in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south original violation 16091404 issued 12-jul-23 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 12 Jul 2023First no access to re- inspect violation 16 Sept 2024Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at south wall of vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 16 Sept 2023Notice sent out 17 Sept 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

8 closed violations, plus 6 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 adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination at ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 16 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 21 Dec 2023Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). both units defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 21 Dec 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector both units defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 21 Dec 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at south wall of vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 16 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 21 Dec 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective intercom system from building entrance to east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 21 Dec 2023Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective... in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Aug 2023Violation dismissed 12 Nov 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approximately 2 sq feet of mold at west wall at lower level room in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 12 Jul 2023Violation closed 9 Nov 2023Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective light fixture at ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 Jul 2023Violation dismissed 25 Oct 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

19 violations on record in total, 5 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.

9 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 6
  • Heat and hot water1 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 1
  • Noise0 / 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.

11 cases, all closed.

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 22 Sept 2010

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 2 Jul 2010

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 24 Sept 2008

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 15 Jul 2008

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 17 Jun 2008

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 29 Feb 2008

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 19 Dec 2007

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 9 Jul 2007

  • Comp Supplemental Cases

    Opened 6 Jan 2007

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 28 Apr 2006

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  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 19 Apr 2006

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.

  • 20171 eviction

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 (2024 report)
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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

    CHASKEL LANDAU

    Public records list CHASKEL LANDAU as the registered managing agent for this address as of 30 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (9 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    253 JEFFERSON USA LLC

    Public records list 253 JEFFERSON USA LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 30 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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

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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. There is 1 open mould violation on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  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

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