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69 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1961 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 24 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 27 violations before that, the first in 1985.

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Open per apartment
3 (24 open across 8 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
8 Aug 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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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

Immediately hazardous3 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.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures kitchen and bathroom 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 19 Mar 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock on gate entrance 2 sty an apartment.

    Issued 19 Mar 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock entrance door 1 sty north an apartment per sec d26 1001 1005., section '' ''

    Issued 19 Sept 1989Notice sent out 25 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous16 open

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

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches 1 sty an apartment

    Issued 21 May 1999Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the broken or defective rotted wood door frame entrance to 1 sty an apartment

    Issued 21 May 1999Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective rotted window frames thru out 1 sty an apartment

    Issued 21 May 1999Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and walls rear room 1 sty an apartment

    Issued 21 May 1999Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mailboxes 1 sty public hall

    Issued 21 May 1999Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing 1 sty an apartment cartagena

    Issued 21 May 1999Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Replace with new the missing faucets missingwashbasin bathroom 1 sty an apartment

    Issued 21 May 1999Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • 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 fixture present light not on

    Issued 28 Nov 1998Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative 2 sty an apartment santiago.

    Issued 19 Mar 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 2 sty an apartment.

    Issued 19 Mar 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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  • Abate the nuisance consisting of wrought iron gate in front of entrance door to 2 sty an apartment.

    Issued 19 Mar 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 1 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 19 Sept 1989Notice sent out 25 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective baseboard 1 sty north an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 19 Sept 1989Notice sent out 25 Jun 2008§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective wood floor 1 sty north an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 19 Sept 1989Notice sent out 25 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective oven gas range 1 sty an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Nov 1985Notice sent out 25 Jun 2008Appliances§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches 1 sty an apartment thru out., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Nov 1985Notice sent out 25 Jun 2008Pests§ D26-13.03

Non-hazardous5 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.

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mail boxes wall vestibule 1 sty building

    Issued 2 Jul 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plater board ceiling cellar center

    Issued 2 Jul 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Rearrange television and/or radio antenna to be at least 10 feet above roof and not attached to any fire escape or soil or vent line rear roof

    Issued 2 Jul 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 62

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint all fire escape parts rear building

    Issued 2 Jul 1997Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

  • Refit door entrance 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Nov 1985Notice sent out 25 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

3 closed violations, plus 4 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.

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes wrougth iron door at 2nd story balcony at building rear

    Issued 8 Aug 2014Violation closed 21 Sept 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 8 Aug 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 8 Aug 2014Electrical§ 27-2040

31 violations on record in total, 24 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.

1 complaint in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 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)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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

    RODNEY DONOFRIO

    Public records list RODNEY DONOFRIO as the owner of record for this address as of 9 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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 3 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.
  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. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 3031990008 · Block 3199, Lot 8 · Building class C1