138 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 4-story walk-up with stores · 7 apartments
5 immediately hazardous violations open. 10 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 105 · 4 · 1
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 5 violations from 2005 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 2
- Walls and ceilings 2
- Garbage and cleanliness 1
- Open per apartment
- 1.4 (10 open across 7 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 6 Oct 2023 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
Tenant-reportedNo tenant reviews yet. Lived here? Be the first.
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.
Not open yet. Reviews open when this neighbourhood does.
Heat season
Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 filingThis 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 violationImmediately 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.
Provide approved one-hour fire resistance rated self-closing door at all openings to public hall other than apartment main entrance door from vestibule door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044
Properly repair the broken or defective door lock at buildiing front entrance, 1st story
Issued 2 Apr 2021Notice sent out 5 Apr 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Arrange and make self-closing the doors at building front entrance, 1st story
Issued 2 Apr 2021Notice sent out 5 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair the broken or defective locking and assembly at entrance door to building, 1st story
Issued 15 Feb 2016Notice sent out 16 Feb 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of uncapped radiator pipe at public hall, 1st story
Issued 30 Dec 2005Violation will be reinspected 16 May 2006Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1
Hazardous4 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster at ceiling at vestibule at public hall, 1st story
Issued 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the household trash at public hall, 1st story
Issued 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010
Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 1st story
Issued 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of garbage bins stored at public hall, 1st story
Issued 2 Apr 2021Notice sent out 5 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Non-hazardous1 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.
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the celling at vestibule at public hall, 1st story
Issued 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Paperwork and notices27 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 5 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
×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
Post, 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
Issued 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
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. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103
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 6 Oct 2023Notice sent out 9 Oct 2023Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104
×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.
2 issued 2 Apr 2021 to 6 Oct 2023Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1
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 2 Apr 2021Notice sent out 5 Apr 2021Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103
Post, 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
Issued 2 Apr 2021Notice sent out 5 Apr 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
×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 23 Feb 2015 to 9 Nov 2016Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107
Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency?s housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 15 Feb 2016Notice sent out 16 Feb 2016Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103
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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. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 15 Feb 2016Notice sent out 16 Feb 2016Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1
37 violations on record in total, 37 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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 recordHousing 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 filingBuilding 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 filingAssociations 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 31 Mar 2010 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.
Registered managing agent
YU XIN WU
Public records list YU XIN WU as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Mar 2009. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
138 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
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.
- 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.
- The building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
- 27 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 10 open housing violations: 5 immediately hazardous, 4 hazardous and 1 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (2), walls and ceilings (2) and garbage and cleanliness (1).
On 6 Oct 2023. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It 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.
In the 2025–26 heat season the city received heat or hot-water complaints on 1 day, and HPD issued 0 heat violations.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 3032360036 · Block 3236, Lot 36 · Building class C7