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289 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

No open housing violations. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
None openNo open housing violations on record.
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 16 violations before that, the first in 2004.

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Inspector last found a problem
11 Feb 2014 (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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Tenant-reported

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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

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

Nothing open. 18 violations in the record, all of them closed.

16 closed violations, plus 2 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.

  • Refit door in the entrance, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit top and botton sash in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing interior glass pane loewer sash in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective wooden foolr and vinyl tile in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing tank cover at toilet bowl in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Refit door in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective ceramic floor tile crack in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface - using exclusive interim controls. west wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface - using exclusive interim controls. east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface - using exclusive interim controls. west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface - using exclusive interim controls. ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface on wood trim, doors, or windows - using exclusive interim controls, which include a surface dust test in accordance with statute. east door frame at bottom in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface - using exclusive interim controls. south wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface - using exclusive interim controls. west wall in the 3rd private hallway from north, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or is on a deteriorated subsurface - using exclusive interim controls. east wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jul 2004Violation closed 9 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • 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) baseboard at east wall, baseboard at west wall in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 22 Jul 2010Violation closed 17 Nov 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

18 violations on record in total, 0 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water0 / 1
  • Noise1 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 16 Jun 2008

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 8 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2018 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    ELI NAHMIAS

    Public records list ELI NAHMIAS as the registered managing agent for this address as of 31 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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

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  • Owner of record

    NK-EL REALTY LLC

    Public records list NK-EL REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 31 Aug 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 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.
  2. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  3. 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 3031660055 · Block 3166, Lot 55 · Building class C2