28 St Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
2 immediately hazardous violations open. 12 open in all.
- Tenant reviews
- None yetLived here? Reviews open soon.
- Open violations
- 122 · 8 · 2
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
None issued since 2022. 12 violations before that, the first in 1988.
See every violation- Open per apartment
- 2 (12 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 12 Nov 2010 (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 violationImmediately hazardous2 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.
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster board at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 12 Nov 2010Notice sent out 14 Nov 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
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 1 sty public hall & on boiler room door.
Issued 6 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Hazardous8 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance door to 3 sty north an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 18 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 18 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 1 sty west an apartment.
Issued 18 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal edge top of range 1 sty west an apartment kitchen.
Issued 18 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Appliances§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective flashing chimney roof front south.
Issued 6 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items 3 sty public hall.
Issued 6 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile floor vestibule 1 sty.
Issued 6 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of antenna pole installed in path of egress to gooseneck ladder roof rear.
Issued 6 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Non-hazardous2 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 ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 12 Nov 2010Notice sent out 14 Nov 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also chain door guard entrance 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 18 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2043
Paperwork and notices18 open
The owner failed to file something the city requires, most often the annual property registration or the annual bedbug report. Real violations, and they say something about an owner, but not a condition anyone is living in. Kept out of the count at the top of this page for that reason.
×6File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.
6 issued 13 Apr 2021 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
×9Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.
9 issued 29 Nov 2017 to 20 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107
×2Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code § 27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.
2 issued 14 Oct 2015 to 15 Nov 2016Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107
Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing.
Issued 6 Oct 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045
30 violations on record in total, 30 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.
2 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.
- Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
- Pests0 / 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.
No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.
Filings
Public filingBuilding 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.
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.
The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2015 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.
Registered managing agent
EQUITABLE MANAGEMENT GROUP
Public records list EQUITABLE MANAGEMENT GROUP as the registered managing agent for this address as of 13 Aug 2014. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
H D F C 28 ST NICHOLAS AVE
Public records list H D F C 28 ST NICHOLAS AVE as the owner of record for this address as of 13 Aug 2014. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
28 St Nicholas Avenue, 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 city currently has 2 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.
- 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.
- 18 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 12 open housing violations: 2 immediately hazardous, 8 hazardous and 2 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
On 12 Nov 2010. 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.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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