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1441 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 4-story walk-up · 16 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 8 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
83 · 5
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
202373
202490
202520
2026 so far00

Plus 19 violations from 1988 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 6
  • Fire and safety equipment 5
  • Leaks and plumbing 4
Open per apartment
0.5 (8 open across 16 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
14 Nov 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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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 hazardous3 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective spring balance lower window sash at fire escape window in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Aug 2024Invalid certification 11 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at boiler room

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Invalid certification 13 Jun 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 21 Dec 2019Not complied with 5 Mar 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous5 open

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

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of no support brackets for protruding air conditioner at building front, 4th story

    Issued 14 Aug 2017Notice sent out 17 Aug 2017§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective east concrete retaining wall east court yard.

    Issued 29 Jul 1988Notice sent out 30 Sept 2009Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower sash frame 2 to 3 sty public hall intermediate stairs landing window.

    Issued 29 Jul 1988Notice sent out 30 Sept 2009Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective brick wall roof chimney west center.

    Issued 29 Jul 1988Notice sent out 30 Sept 2009Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective pointing of exterior brick parapet wall east center court.

    Issued 29 Jul 1988Notice sent out 30 Sept 2009Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

32 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch set at fire door leading to center court yard at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 14 Nov 2025Violation dismissed 10 Feb 2026Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch set at fire door leading to center court yard at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 14 Nov 2025Violation closed 8 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • 2011, 2012 adm code cleanse and disinfect to the satisfaction of this department after removing the accumulation of water buildup at floor at boiler room

    Issued 1 Aug 2024Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2010

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective spring balance at lower window sash window at west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Aug 2024Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of flower pots at 2nd story balcony at fire escape at south

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 2 Sept 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Aug 2024Violation closed 25 Aug 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door frame at door leading to north yard at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Jul 2024Violation closed 7 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation closed 7 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Jun 2024Violation closed 26 Jun 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at cellar at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 15 Aug 2023Violation dismissed 31 Oct 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • ×2Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    2 issued 9 Mar 2020 to 15 Aug 2023Violation dismissedHeat and hot water§ 27-2031

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

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling and west wall in the closet in the private hallway, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak the ceiling and west wall in the closet in the private hallway, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling in the 4th room from north, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective connection at wasteline at sink in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Feb 2023Violation closed 10 May 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of extrmely hot water, at kitchen and bathroom faucets,water temp at 138 f, 1st story at west

    Issued 16 Feb 2020Violation closed 20 May 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system at all time at boiler room

    Issued 16 Feb 2020Violation closed 3 Mar 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Dec 2019Violation closed 15 Feb 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Dec 2019Violation closed 15 Feb 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Provide air conditioner support bracket at 4th story 2nd window from left at south exterior wall

    Issued 11 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 10 Jan 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective.. in the entrance, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 10 Jan 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling and west wall in the 4th room from north at west, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 10 Jan 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at north and west walls inside the 1st closet from left at west (approx. 5 sq.ft.) in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 16 Dec 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling and north wall inside the closet (approx. 5 sq.ft.) in the 4th room from north at west, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 16 Dec 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at north, west walls and ceiling inside the 2nd closet from left at west (approx. 7 sq.ft.) in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 16 Dec 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of no support brackets for protruding air conitioner at building front, 3rd story

    Issued 27 Jun 2017Violation closed 16 Aug 2017§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening key operated double cylinder lock at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 Apr 2015Violation closed 10 May 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

41 violations on record in total, 8 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water0 / 2
  • Mold and damp1 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 6 Sept 2024

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 7 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2018 report)
  • 2018No 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

    1441 DEKALB AVENUE

    Public records list 1441 DEKALB AVENUE as the registered managing agent for this address as of 29 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    1441 DEKALB REALTIES LLC

    Public records list 1441 DEKALB REALTIES LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 29 Aug 2026. 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 3 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 was 1 mould complaint here in the last twelve months. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. 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.
  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 3032350040 · Block 3235, Lot 40 · Building class C1