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754 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

6 immediately hazardous violations open. 51 open in all.

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Open violations
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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
202300
202441
202590
2026 so far00

Plus 37 violations from 1987 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 8
  • Floors and stairs 2
  • Doors and windows 1
Open per apartment
8.5 (51 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
30 Dec 2025 (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 9 days.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–269100

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

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

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 hazardous6 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 nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating the pest infestations, by using integrated pest management (ipm), eliminate all burrow entry and passageways, pest nests, holes, gaps or cracks in walls, ceilings, floors, fixing leaks and managing garbage in public areas. evidence found at all yards

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Pests§ 27-2017 +6

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

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 1 May 2024Notice sent out 2 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

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

    Issued 1 May 2024Notice sent out 2 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

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

    Issued 17 Jun 2014Notice sent out 18 Jun 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

Hazardous42 open

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

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of ladder and construction materials at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of shopping carts and household items at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose wood balustrade at west at public hall stairs, 1st story

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose wood ballustrade at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. make stationary the iron ladder leading to scuttle opening in roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective marble thershold at vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 1 May 2024Notice sent out 2 May 2024§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 1 May 2024Notice sent out 2 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 1st story at north

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures... in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018§ 27-2070

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules., 1st story at north

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance at botttom sash window in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice, 1st story at north

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly fire-retard, in accordance with the rules and regulations of this department, the ceiling... at cellar

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2044

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at south wall at cellar

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing electrical panel cover at east wall at cellar

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of flower pots and house hold items at 2nd and 3rd story balcony at rear yard

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors... in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 23 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 23 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 23 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of suspended celotex ceiling tiles in the 1st room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 23 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 23 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 17 Oct 2016Notice sent out 18 Oct 2016Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 17 Jun 2014Notice sent out 18 Jun 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 17 Jun 2014Notice sent out 18 Jun 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 17 Jun 2014Notice sent out 18 Jun 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 17 Jun 2014Notice sent out 18 Jun 2014Pests§ 27-2018

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.... in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 17 Jun 2014Notice sent out 18 Jun 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • 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 200 watts minimum required

    Issued 15 Jul 1999Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 3 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 13 Mar 1990Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 100 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the ear yard.

    Issued 13 Mar 1990Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster board ceiling cellar front & center.

    Issued 13 Mar 1990Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods rear yard.

    Issued 13 Mar 1990Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing door knob 3 sty west an apartment bathroom.

    Issued 13 Mar 1990Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of wood panel installe ceiling cellar front.

    Issued 13 Mar 1990Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 1 sty an apartment right., section '' ''

    Issued 19 Nov 1987Notice sent out 19 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

Non-hazardous3 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.

  • Refit building front entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 1 May 2024Notice sent out 2 May 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Provide and maintain approved mail receptacles and directories for the persons residing in the dwelling as provided in the u.s. postal regulations. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Jun 2018Notice sent out 1 Jul 2018§ 27-2047

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint at rear yard

    Issued 18 Apr 2018Notice sent out 22 Apr 2018Roof and outside the building§ 27-2014

Paperwork and notices35 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.

  • ×6File 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.

    6 issued 9 Apr 2021 to 4 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in private dwellings missing

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +2

  • ×2Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 18 Apr 2018 to 30 Dec 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd.

    Issued 30 Dec 2025Notice sent out 30 Dec 2025Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×2Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected

    2 issued 18 Apr 2018 to 30 Dec 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • ×9Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    9 issued 24 Nov 2017 to 20 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • ×2Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 28 Jun 2018 to 1 May 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall

    Issued 1 May 2024Notice sent out 2 May 2024Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling.

    Issued 1 May 2024Notice sent out 2 May 2024Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

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  • ×3Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story

    3 issued 18 Apr 2018 to 1 May 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×2Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 18 Apr 2018 to 28 Jun 2018Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • ×3Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code § 27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    3 issued 20 Feb 2015 to 9 Nov 2016Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor frame missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 17 Oct 2016Notice sent out 18 Oct 2016Paperwork and notices§ 329

86 violations on record in total, 86 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.

16 complaints in three years, 13 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water10 / 10
  • Pests2 / 4
  • Electrical1 / 1
  • Floors and stairs0 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Failure to Register Only

    Opened 6 Jan 2006

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.

  • 20221 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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 29 Apr 1995 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    FEDERICO GAMBOA

    Public records list FEDERICO GAMBOA as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 1 Feb 1995. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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 6 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. There were 10 heat or hot-water complaints here in the last twelve months. Ask who handles heat, how quickly it is usually restored, and whether the boiler has been replaced.
  3. There were 2 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. 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.
  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 3032350010 · Block 3235, Lot 10 · Building class C2