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59 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

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

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Open violations
51 · 4
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202220
202351
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 18 violations from 1996 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 6
  • Walls and ceilings 2
Open per apartment
0.8 (5 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
23 Aug 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

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.

It is listed under a tax-benefit program (421-a or J-51). Stabilization that comes from one of these can end when the benefit does, so ask when it expires.

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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Oct 2022Notice sent out 14 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

Hazardous4 open

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

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

    Issued 23 Aug 2023Notice sent out 14 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 23 Aug 2023Notice sent out 14 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 23 Aug 2023Notice sent out 14 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded plaster at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Aug 2023Notice sent out 14 Apr 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

21 closed violations, plus 1 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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Aug 2023Violation dismissed 11 Feb 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 23 Aug 2023Violation closed 28 Sept 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 27 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 8 Feb 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 21 Mar 2009Violation dismissed 17 Jan 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 28 Jan 2016Violation dismissed 19 Apr 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 28 Jan 2016Violation dismissed 19 Apr 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Remove the illegal fastening two lockable slide bolts at bulkhead door

    Issued 28 Jan 2016Violation closed 3 Apr 2016Doors and windows§ 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, 1st door frame from south at west wall, north wall, south wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the private hallway, 3rd story at north

    Issued 16 Apr 2008Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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, 1st door from south at west wall, north wall, east wall, 1st window frame from north at east wall in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 16 Apr 2008Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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, 1st door frame from north at east wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 16 Apr 2008Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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, south wall, east wall, west wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 16 Apr 2008Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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) baseboard at north wall, baseboard at south wall, baseboard at west wall, ceiling, 1st door frame from east at south wall, 1st door frame from south at west wall, chair rails at north wall, north wall, south wall, west wall, 1st wall cabinet from east at south wall, 1st window frame from north at east wall, 2nd window frame from north at east wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 16 Apr 2008Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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) 1st door frame from west at north wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 16 Apr 2008Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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) 1st door frame from west at north wall, north wall, south wall, west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 16 Nov 2006Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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, east wall, west wall in the 4th room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 16 Nov 2006Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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, east wall, west wall in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 16 Nov 2006Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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) baseboard at south wall, baseboard at east wall, chair rails at north wall, north wall, south wall, west wall, 2nd window frame from east at south wall, 1st window frame from north at east wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 16 Nov 2006Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead 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, east wall in the 3rd room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 16 Nov 2006Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling kitchen 3 sty north an apartment jones 326 8451 er1 95010336., section '' ''

    Issued 20 Feb 1996Violation closed 8 Feb 2016Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • 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 fixture present

    Issued 28 Jun 2014Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Electrical§ 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 27 Jun 2014Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Electrical§ 27-2040

27 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.

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

  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 3
  • Noise2 / 3
  • Entry, buzzer and mail1 / 1
  • Pests1 / 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.

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 12 Aug 2009

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 7 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 report)
  • 20192 of 6 units reported infested (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

    PATOMA INC

    Public records list PATOMA INC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 19 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (7 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    HD IRVING LP

    Public records list HD IRVING LP as the owner of record for this address as of 19 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 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. There was 1 pest complaint here in the last twelve months. 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.
  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 3031880006 · Block 3188, Lot 6 · Building class C2