476 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1950 · 4-story walk-up with stores · 63 apartments
No open housing violations.
- Tenant reviews
- None yetLived here? Reviews open soon.
- Open violations
- None openNo open housing violations on record.
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
None issued since 2022. 5 violations before that, the first in 2009.
See every violation- Inspector last found a problem
- 11 Mar 2009 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
Tenant-reportedNo tenant reviews yet. Lived here? Be the first.
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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThis 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 violationNothing open. 5 violations in the record, all of them closed.
5 closed violationsShow fewer
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.
Repair the roof so that it will not leak ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 4th story at west
Issued 11 Mar 2009Violation closed 1 Dec 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling & west wall in the 2nd room from east, 4th story at west
Issued 11 Mar 2009Violation closed 1 Dec 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in drain at shower stall in the bathroom, 4th story at west
Issued 11 Mar 2009Violation closed 1 Dec 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the bathroom, 4th story at west
Issued 11 Mar 2009Violation closed 1 Dec 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 4th story at west
Issued 11 Mar 2009Violation closed 1 Dec 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
5 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 complaintComplaints 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.
47 complaints in three years, 31 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise30 / 35
- Garbage and cleanliness0 / 7
- Construction and illegal work0 / 2
- Lead paint0 / 1
- Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
- Fire and safety equipment1 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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.
- 20181 eviction
Filings
Public filingBuilding permits
No permit currently in force. 4 permits filed in the last five years.
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Alteration · Plumbing
Issued 6 Nov 2025Expired 26 Mar 2026
Sign
INSTALL INDIRECTLY ILLUMINATED ADVERTISING SIGN ON WALL STRUCTURE FILED UNDER SEPARATE APPLICATION # B01205477 (CHANGEABLE COPY)
Issued 11 Aug 2025Expired 13 May 2026
Sign
INSTALL NON-ILLUMINATED ADVERTISING SIGN ON WALL STRUCTURE FILED UNDER SEPARATE APPLICATION # B00965625 (CHANGEABLE COPY)
Issued 25 Jun 2025Expired 13 May 2026
Structural
ERECT WALL STRUCTURE FOR ADVERTISING SIGN FILED UNDER SEPARATE APPLICATION # B00965608. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
Issued 25 Jun 2025Expired 12 May 2026
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 filingAssociations 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.
No current HPD registration for this address. Buildings the owner occupies, and some small ones, are not required to register, but a rental building that should be registered and is not is itself a violation.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
476 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
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.
- 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.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
No. HPD lists no open housing violations here. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
On 11 Mar 2009. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
City marshals carried out 1 residential eviction here since 2017. The record says nothing about why, and most follow a case for unpaid rent.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 3031780020 · Block 3178, Lot 20 · Building class C7