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235 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
11
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
202310
202410
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 16 violations from 2009 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 1
  • Pests 1
Open per apartment
0.2 (1 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
21 May 2024 (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 2 days.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26220

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 hazardous1 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 infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 21 May 2024Notice of issuance sent to tenant 21 May 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4

17 closed violations, plus 23 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.

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 4 Oct 2023Violation dismissed 12 Apr 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 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 at least 100 watts

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2026Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items (computer desk, bike, shopping cart) at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing light fixture at ceiling vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from at least 1 window or provide approved type gate.. in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 15 Mar 2019Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 15 Mar 2019Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Mar 2019Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Fire egress defective. make stationary the iron ladder leading to scuttle opening in roof secure at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 14 Jan 2019Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of free standing radiator at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Violation closed 28 Jul 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective (1) wood baluster for handrail between 1st and 2nd story at public hall stairs

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Violation closed 8 Jul 2021Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective..

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Violation closed 19 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 6 Feb 2017Violation closed 3 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2009Violation closed 1 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color east and north walls in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2009Violation closed 1 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic east wall tiles in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2009Violation closed 1 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening key operated double cylinder lock installed at entrance door to building

    Issued 9 Jan 2009Violation closed 1 Aug 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2009Violation closed 1 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

41 violations on record in total, 1 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.

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

  • Noise0 / 4
  • Garbage and cleanliness2 / 2
  • Heat and hot water2 / 2
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Pests0 / 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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    235 JEFFERSON TERRACE LLC

    Public records list 235 JEFFERSON TERRACE LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 19 Sept 2026. 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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, 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. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 3031650048 · Block 3165, Lot 48 · Building class C2