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1421 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

5 immediately hazardous violations open. 8 open in all.

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Open violations
85 · 1 · 2
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202211
202392
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 7 violations from 2016 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 5
  • Pests 4
  • Entry, buzzer and mail 3
Open per apartment
1.3 (8 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
24 Aug 2023 (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

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 hazardous5 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, 3rd story at west

    Issued 24 Aug 2023Notice of issuance sent to tenant 27 Aug 2023Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hook and eye installed at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Aug 2023Invalid certification 14 Sept 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hook and eye installed at vestibule door. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Aug 2023Invalid certification 14 Sept 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 3 Jul 2023Notice of issuance sent to tenant 5 Jul 2023Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 3 Jul 2023Notice of issuance sent to tenant 5 Jul 2023Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous1 open

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

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx 10 sq ft at north and south wall at basement original violation 14643916 issued 28-oct-21 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 28 Oct 2021First no access to re- inspect violation 10 May 2023Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

Non-hazardous2 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective an apartment mailbox at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Jul 2023Not complied with 24 Aug 2023Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective intercom bell buzzer from building entrance door to apartment entrance. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 3 Jul 2023Not complied with 24 Aug 2023Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

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 4 May 2026Notice sent out 3 May 2026Paperwork and notices

13 closed violations, plus 11 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.

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

    Issued 24 Aug 2023Violation dismissed 13 Dec 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Post 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Aug 2023Violation dismissed 19 Nov 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 3 Jul 2023Violation closed 24 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 3 Jul 2023Violation closed 24 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 29 Jun 2022Violation dismissed 25 Sept 2022Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Properly repair the broken or defective inoperative intercom system from 1st story building entrance to panel at north wall in the foyer, 2nd story at south

    Issued 29 Jun 2022Violation dismissed 25 Sept 2022Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx 10 sq ft at north and south wall at basement

    Issued 28 Oct 2021Violation closed 25 Feb 2022Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • The premises have been vacated by an order of this department and cannot be reoccupied except for caretaker until a new certificate of occupancy has been obtained.

    Issued 12 Apr 2016Violation closed 13 Feb 2019§ 27-2089

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Mar 2016Violation closed 13 Feb 2019§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 1st story

    2 issued 31 Mar 2016Violation closed§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    2 issued 31 Mar 2016Violation closed§ 27-2005 +1

33 violations on record in total, 9 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

2 cases, all closed.

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 15 Aug 2016

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 28 Apr 2016

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.

  • 20252 of 6 units reported infested (2023 report)
Show 4 earlier reports
  • 20241 of 6 units reported infested (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    BERNARD HERNANDEZ

    Public records list BERNARD HERNANDEZ as the registered managing agent for this address as of 1 Apr 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    1421 DEKALB AVE LLC

    Public records list 1421 DEKALB AVE LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 1 Apr 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 5 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 is 1 open mould violation on record. 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 3032350048 · Block 3235, Lot 48 · Building class C2