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859 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

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

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Open violations
11
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202250
202300
202430
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 6 violations from 1999 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Lead paint 4
  • Fire and safety equipment 3
  • Pests 1
Open per apartment
0.2 (1 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
11 Mar 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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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.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Aug 2022Defect letter issued 24 Sept 2022Pests§ 27-2017.4

13 closed violations, plus 1 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.

  • Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 11 Mar 2024Violation closed 29 Oct 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at bulkhead door to roof exit

    Issued 11 Mar 2024Violation dismissed 29 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 11 Mar 2024Violation closed 15 Apr 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2

  • Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.

    Issued 8 Aug 2022Violation closed 18 Jul 2023Lead paint§ 27-2056.4

  • Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.

    Issued 8 Aug 2022Violation closed 18 Jul 2023Lead paint§ 27-2056.7

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

    Issued 3 Aug 2022Violation closed 24 Sept 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 3 Aug 2022Violation closed 24 Sept 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling light fixture center room 2nd sty an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 3 Aug 1999Violation closed 24 Sept 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling bathroom 2nd sty an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 3 Aug 1999Violation closed 24 Sept 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of dampness penetrating ceiling bathroom 2nd sty an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 3 Aug 1999Violation closed 24 Sept 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance window kitchen 2nd sty an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 3 Aug 1999Violation closed 24 Sept 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system, door locked at first public hall

    Issued 22 Jan 2010Violation closed 17 Sept 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at bulkhead to roof

    Issued 3 Apr 2006Violation closed 17 Sept 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

15 violations on record in total, 1 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.

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

  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 2
  • 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.

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 9 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No 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 and managing agent

    859 HART LLC

    Public records list 859 HART LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 20 Jul 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 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. 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 3032200043 · Block 3220, Lot 43 · Building class C2