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144 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 5 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
52 · 3
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202310
2024123
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 12 violations from 1989 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 9
  • Doors and windows 4
  • Walls and ceilings 3
Open per apartment
0.8 (5 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
24 Dec 2024 (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

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 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinges at door to public hall in the 1st room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Not complied with 14 Jul 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

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

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Not complied with 14 Jul 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

Hazardous3 open

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

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood door jamb at mortice lock side at apartment entrance door, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

23 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.

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 24 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 19 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 24 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 19 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 24 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 19 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceiling in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2024Violation dismissed 24 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly secure the loose mechanical ventilation cover at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2024Violation dismissed 9 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch at vestibule door, 1st story

    Issued 10 Jul 2024Violation dismissed 9 Oct 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit door in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 25 Aug 2024Doors and windows§ 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 3 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 25 Aug 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Refit door at west in the 1st room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 25 Aug 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening slide bolt with eye capable padlock installed at door to public hall in the 1st room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 25 Aug 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 25 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 25 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 10 Jul 2024Violation closed 6 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

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

    Issued 15 Nov 2023Violation closed 13 Dec 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

  • 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) north 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 17 Feb 2016Violation closed 9 Feb 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint walls & ceilings 3 sty north an apartment south room macostor 417 8074.

    Issued 5 Apr 1989Violation closed 17 Dec 2018Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color, north wall, 1st closet from west at north wall wall in the 1st room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 17 Feb 2016Violation closed 20 Jan 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower window sash,improperly balanced in the 1st room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 17 Feb 2016Violation closed 20 Jan 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration of suspended ceiling installed in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 28 Apr 2016Violation dismissed 14 Aug 2016Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color, south wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 17 Feb 2016Violation closed 1 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom, the 2nd room from east, the 1st room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 17 Feb 2016Violation closed 1 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 17 Feb 2016Violation closed 1 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color, north wall in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 17 Feb 2016Violation closed 1 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

32 violations on record in total, 5 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.

10 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Doors and windows0 / 4
  • Heat and hot water0 / 3
  • Noise0 / 3

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)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    STEPHEN FICANO

    Public records list STEPHEN FICANO as the registered managing agent for this address as of 7 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (12 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

    Show 7 more

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  • Owner of record

    144 WILSON AVE. REALTY CORP.

    Public records list 144 WILSON AVE. REALTY CORP. as the owner of record for this address as of 7 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (1 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 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.
  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. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 3032080034 · Block 3208, Lot 34 · Building class C2