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1239 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

10 immediately hazardous violations open. 27 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
2710 · 15 · 2
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 41 violations before that, the first in 1985.

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Open per apartment
4.5 (27 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
30 Apr 2018 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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 hazardous10 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 an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Notice sent out 1 May 2018Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall, east wall, west wall, 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the 4th room from north located at apartment bldg, 1st story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2005Notice sent out 14 Mar 2005Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) east wall, west wall in the kitchen located at apartment bldg, 1st story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2005Notice sent out 14 Mar 2005Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 1st room from north located at apartment bldg, 1st story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2005Notice sent out 14 Mar 2005Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) south wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north located at apartment bldg, 1st story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2005Notice sent out 14 Mar 2005Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the 3rd room from north located at apartment bldg, 1st story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2005Notice sent out 14 Mar 2005Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, 1st riser from north at east wall in the bathroom located at apartment bldg, 1st story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2005Notice sent out 14 Mar 2005Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling kitchen 1 sty east an apartment er1 96031174, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Oct 1996Notice sent out 11 Nov 1996Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling kitchen 1 sty east an apartment rodriquez 418 1647 er1 96031174, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Oct 1996Notice sent out 11 Nov 1996Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of rodents evidence rats kitchen feces 1 sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Jun 1994Notice sent out 27 Jun 1994Pests§ 27-2018

Hazardous15 open

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

  • 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

    Issued 4 May 2012Notice sent out 8 May 2012Electrical§ 27-2040

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

    Issued 9 Jul 2009Notice sent out 12 Jul 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of capped drain at rear yard

    Issued 9 Jul 2009Notice sent out 12 Jul 2009Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 17 May 2009Notice sent out 18 May 2009Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from at least 1 window or provide approved type gate.. in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 17 May 2009Notice sent out 20 May 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling skylight at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 17 May 2009Notice sent out 20 May 2009Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass pane at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 17 May 2009Notice sent out 18 May 2009Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door bell at entrance to apt.., 1st story

    Issued 27 Mar 2008Notice sent out 30 Mar 2008Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from at least 1 window or provide approved type gate in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 30 Jul 2007Notice sent out 31 Jul 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective marble saddle vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 30 Jul 2007Notice sent out 31 Jul 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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  • ×2Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate.. in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    2 issued 11 Apr 2002 to 18 Dec 2004Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile floor in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 12 Apr 2002Notice sent out 15 Apr 2002Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate ' ' in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 12 Apr 2002Notice sent out 15 Apr 2002Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wooden floor in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 27 Mar 2002Notice sent out 28 Mar 2002Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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.

  • Replace with new the broken or defective bell-buzzer in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 17 May 2009Notice sent out 18 May 2009Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing escutcheon plate at top of riser at ceiling 1st sty an apartment center room

    Issued 13 Jul 1999Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

14 closed violations, plus 6 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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose cabinet at west wall above sink in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination.. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor near radiator in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color..the ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color..the ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective.. in the entrance, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at front entrance to building, 1st story

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination at ceiling in vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Electrical§ 27-2039

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

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective (stuck open) lower window sash in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 30 Apr 2018Violation closed 23 Aug 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.

    Issued 13 Sept 1985Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1

47 violations on record in total, 27 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, 7 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Doors and windows2 / 2
  • Walls and ceilings2 / 2
  • Entry, buzzer and mail1 / 1
  • Floors and stairs1 / 1
  • Heat and hot water1 / 1
  • Pests0 / 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.

4 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 23 Apr 2018No harassment found

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 5 May 2009

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 5 May 2009

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 4 Jan 2005

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.

  • 20231 eviction

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)
Show 4 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    ROBERT GOMES

    Public records list ROBERT GOMES as the registered managing agent for this address as of 28 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    DT WILLOUGHBY LLC

    Public records list DT WILLOUGHBY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 28 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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

    No combined rating for this owner yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 10 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 8 open lead-paint violations 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

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