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253 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 6 open in all.

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Open violations
63 · 2 · 1
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202410
202561
2026 so far00

Plus 18 violations from 1988 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 5
  • Walls and ceilings 2
  • Leaks and plumbing 1
Open per apartment
1 (6 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
7 May 2025 (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

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 hazardous3 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.

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing kickstand installed at vestibule door, 1st story

    Issued 9 May 2024Notice certified late 19 Jun 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny ?11-06(b)(2) ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 22 Jul 2008First no access to re- inspect violation 27 Sept 2012Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny ?11-06(b)(2) ceiling, north wall in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 8 May 2008First no access to re- inspect violation 27 Sept 2012Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections cellar thru out.

    Issued 27 Dec 1988First no access to re- inspect violation 27 Sept 2012Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections thru out cellar.

    Issued 19 Apr 1988First no access to re- inspect violation 27 Sept 2012Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

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 the ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 7 May 2025Invalid certification 20 May 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

20 closed violations, plus 4 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.

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

    Issued 7 May 2025Violation dismissed 31 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 7 May 2025Violation closed 8 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 7 May 2025Violation closed 8 Jul 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded plaster at ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 7 May 2025Violation closed 8 Jul 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock at door to fire escape in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at east

    Issued 7 May 2025Violation closed 8 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing kickstand installed at vestibule door, 1st story

    Issued 7 May 2025Violation closed 25 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required. at front areaway

    Issued 28 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 4 Apr 2021Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following 100 watts minimum required (light fixtures present)

    Issued 29 May 2014Violation dismissed 4 Apr 2021Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 28 Mar 2011Violation dismissed 4 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 28 Mar 2011Violation dismissed 4 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical outlets in the 1st room from east at south, 2nd story

    Issued 28 Mar 2011Violation dismissed 4 Apr 2021Electrical§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration partitions erected north south east & west creating room thru out cellar.

    Issued 19 Apr 1988Violation dismissed 4 Apr 2021§ 300

  • 301, 302, m/d law file plans and obtain a certificate of occupancy to legalize the following alteration or restore premises to prior legal condition loft room created with stairs installed over the 4th room from north increasing size of class ''a'' apartment.

    Issued 22 Jul 2010Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021Floors and stairs§ 300

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

    Issued 29 Aug 2008Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 1st story at east

    Issued 25 Feb 2008Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Nov 2005Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at the entrance to the apartment in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 4 Sept 2005Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at entrance to apartment in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 4 Sept 2005Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at entrance to the apartment in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 4 Sept 2005Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Discontinue unlawful cooking space or file plans and application with this department to legalize same, if lawfully feasible, cellar rear.

    Issued 27 Dec 1988Violation dismissed 28 Mar 2021§ 27-2070

30 violations on record in total, 6 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water1 / 2
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 2
  • Pests0 / 1
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 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.

7 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 24 Apr 2008

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 18 Apr 2008

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 7 Feb 2008

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 8 Jan 2008Judgment entered

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 27 Aug 2007

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 7 Mar 2007

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 3 Feb 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.

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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 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 28 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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

    Show 6 more

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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 28 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 3 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 2025). 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 2 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  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

BBL 3031650039 · Block 3165, Lot 39 · Building class C2