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1271 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

3 immediately hazardous violations open.

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Open violations
33
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202400
202540
2026 so far00

Plus 14 violations from 2012 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Pests 3
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
0.5 (3 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
8 Oct 2025 (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

This 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 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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating the pest infestations, by using integrated pest management (ipm), eliminate all burrow entry and passageways, pest nests, holes, gaps or cracks in walls, ceilings, floors, fixing leaks and managing garbage in public areas. evidence found at evidence of fresh rat dropping throughout yard

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017 +6

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 8 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 8 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

Paperwork and notices9 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.

  • ×3File 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.

    3 issued 12 Apr 2024 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mailbox that is missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +1

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor that is missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in private dwellings that is missing

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +2

  • Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

15 closed violations, plus 8 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.

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing kick stand at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Violation closed 6 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 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) 1st window frame from west at north wall in the 3rd room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2014Violation closed 12 Nov 2017Lead 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 south at west wall, 1st window frame from north at east wall, 2nd window frame from north at east wall in the 1st room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2014Violation closed 12 Nov 2017Lead 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 east at south wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall, 2nd window frame from south at west wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2014Violation closed 12 Nov 2017Lead 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 north at east wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2014Violation closed 12 Nov 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door to cellar locked at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 14 Nov 2013Violation closed 22 Mar 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 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 ***minimum 100 watts of incandescent light required***

    Issued 30 Apr 2012Violation closed 22 Mar 2017Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). innoperable, 2nd story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2014Violation closed 12 Mar 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector innoperable, 2nd story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2014Violation closed 12 Mar 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 1; wg to replace = 4; wg to repair = 0; in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2014Violation closed 12 Mar 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • 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 a minimus of 100 watts incandescent light required

    Issued 26 Dec 2013Violation closed 12 Mar 2014Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 14 Nov 2013Violation dismissed 6 Feb 2014Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

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

    Issued 14 Nov 2013Violation dismissed 6 Feb 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 14 Nov 2013Violation dismissed 6 Feb 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 14 Nov 2013Violation closed 12 Dec 2013Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

35 violations on record in total, 12 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.

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

  • Pests2 / 5
  • Leaks and plumbing3 / 3
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 1
  • Doors and windows1 / 1
  • Mold and damp1 / 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.

  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
Show 1 earlier report
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 29 Sept 2024 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

    BROOKLINE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC

    Public records list BROOKLINE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 31 Jul 2023. Source: HPD registration.

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

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  • Owner of record

    1271 WILLOUGHBY AVENUE LLC

    Public records list 1271 WILLOUGHBY AVENUE LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 31 Jul 2023. 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 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. There was 1 mould complaint here in the last twelve months. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. There were 2 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2023). 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.
  4. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 3 complaints in the last twelve months.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. 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 3031990040 · Block 3199, Lot 40 · Building class C2