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1243 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 22 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
221 · 21
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 22 violations before that, the first in 1987.

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Open per apartment
3.7 (22 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
26 Jul 2002 (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 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.

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint casing interior east window 1 sty west an apartment kitchen vargas no phone er1

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 3 Dec 1990Lead paint§ 27-2013

Hazardous21 open

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

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 26 Jul 2002Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Provide air conditioner brackets at front of bldg.

    Issued 26 Jul 2002Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color south wall at bulkhead to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 26 Jul 2002Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 26 Jul 2002Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 26 Jul 2002Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice 2 sty east an apartment kitchen

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the broken or defective metal ceiling 1 sty west an apartment kitchen

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed leak ceiling 1 sty west an apartment bathroom

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

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  • Abate the nuisance consisting of lower sash window stuck sut 1 sty west an apartment kitchen

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 1 sty west an apartment

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wires ceiling cellar rear

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded plaster west wall cellar stairs to 1 sty public hall

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets hot water washbasin 1 sty west an apartment bathroom

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mailboxes vestibule 1 sty.

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice certified late 23 Sept 2008Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors stair bulkhead roof.

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice certified late 23 Sept 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing exterior handle door 3 sty public hall stair bulkhead roof.

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice certified late 23 Sept 2008Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective paving boiler room cellar rear.

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice certified late 23 Sept 2008Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing 2 sty east an apartment moles

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 3 sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 18 Sept 1987Notice certified late 23 Sept 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

29 violations on record in total, 22 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (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.

  • Owner of record

    GASPARE PASSALACQUA

    Public records list GASPARE PASSALACQUA as the owner of record for this address as of 20 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (4 in the records we hold)

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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. 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  4. 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.
  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 3031990057 · Block 3199, Lot 57 · Building class C2