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68 St Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

20 immediately hazardous violations open. 21 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. 21 violations before that, the first in 1990.

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Open per apartment
3.5 (21 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
19 Jun 2008 (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

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 hazardous20 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 with new the broken or defective glass window bottom sash kitchen 2 sty south an apartment er1, section '' ''

    Issued 17 May 1991Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower sash south window kitchen 2 sty south an apartment er1

    Issued 30 Jan 1991Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing metal treads 4 8 and 12 up 2 to 3 sty balcony rear bldg er1

    Issued 30 Jan 1991Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling bathroom 2 sty south an apartment er1

    Issued 30 Jan 1991Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures fixtures 3 sty an apartment kitchen & bathroom er1., section '' ''

    Issued 7 Nov 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures fixtures 3 sty south an apartment kitchen and bathroom.

    Issued 30 Oct 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • ×2Provide ready access to buildings heating system cellar door locked.

    2 issued 21 Jun 1990 to 30 Oct 1990Notice sent outHeat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • ×2Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system 1 sty public hall and on boiler room door.

    2 issued 21 Jun 1990 to 26 Oct 1990Notice sent outHeat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures fixtures 2 sty south an apartment kitchen and bathroom.

    Issued 26 Oct 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures 2 sty south an apartment kitchen and bathroom er1, section '' ''

    Issued 24 Oct 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

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  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures 2 sty right an apartment kitchen & bathroom.

    Issued 22 Aug 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of cascade water leak ceiling 2 sty right an apartment kitchen er1.

    Issued 22 Aug 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock installed entrance door 1 sty south an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 7 Aug 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures fixtures 1 sty south an apartment kitchen and bathroom er1., section '' ''

    Issued 7 Aug 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bulkhead door to roof off hinges er1.

    Issued 28 Jun 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock installed entrance door 1 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 21 Jun 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening hasp entrance door 2 sty south an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Apr 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening hasp with slide bolt entrance door 1 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 4 Apr 1990Notice sent out 6 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous1 open

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

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate.. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 19 Jun 2008Not complied with 22 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

Paperwork and notices1 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.

  • File 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.

    Issued 6 May 2026Notice sent out 5 May 2026Paperwork and notices

30 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water1 / 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 (2023 report)
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  • 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

    NICHOLAS TRIBUZIO

    Public records list NICHOLAS TRIBUZIO as the owner of record for this address as of 29 Aug 2026. 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 20 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 3032110026 · Block 3211, Lot 26 · Building class C2