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1517 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 4 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
41 · 3
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
202390
202460
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 15 violations from 2009 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 9
  • Floors and stairs 2
  • Heat and hot water 2
Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
23 Nov 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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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.

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at east wall, baseboard at west wall in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 5 Aug 2010Defect letter issued 1 Mar 2012Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous3 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 ceramic floor tiles at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 14 May 2023Not complied with 18 Dec 2024Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 8 May 2023Not complied with 18 Dec 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 8 Jan 2009Not complied with 18 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

26 closed violations, plus 7 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.

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

    Issued 18 Nov 2024Violation closed 12 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing kickstand doorstop installed at vestibule door, 1st story

    Issued 18 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 10 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing kickstand door stopper installed at vestibule door, 1st story

    Issued 14 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 10 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing kickstand at vestibule door, 1st story

    Issued 31 Oct 2024Violation dismissed 10 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the 1st room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 14 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 6 Feb 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

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

    Issued 26 Jul 2020Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 26 Jul 2020Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing at building entrance and vestibule doors, 1st story

    Issued 26 Jul 2020Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration ceiling pierced and wood staircase erected to create duplex apartment above north four room, in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 5 Oct 2011Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Floors and stairs§ 300

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and walls in the 1st room from north at east, 2nd story at east

    Issued 1 Apr 2010Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective, in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 28 Oct 2009Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector -- missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2009Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2009Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also chain door guard at entrance, 1st story, apartment

    Issued 8 Jan 2009Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2043

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing permanently installed kickstand at vestibule door keeping it from being self closing at compactor closet, 1st story

    Issued 23 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 18 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 1st room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 8 May 2023Violation closed 18 Dec 2024Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective windows in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 11 Feb 2014Violation closed 18 Dec 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 8 May 2023Violation closed 8 Oct 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

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

    Issued 14 May 2023Violation dismissed 23 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of bicycles at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 14 May 2023Violation dismissed 23 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective caulking around bathtub in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 8 May 2023Violation dismissed 23 Aug 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing kickstand door-stop installed at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 May 2023Violation dismissed 3 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 8 May 2023Violation dismissed 26 Jul 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

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

    Issued 26 Jul 2020Violation dismissed 8 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 26 Jul 2020Violation dismissed 18 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective shut-off valve to radiator at north wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 23 Jan 2014Violation closed 11 Feb 2014Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

37 violations on record in total, 4 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.

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

  • Pests3 / 12
  • Heat and hot water0 / 10
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 2

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.

2 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 9 Apr 2009

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 2 Sept 2005

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 5 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (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

    CHASKEL LANDAU

    Public records list CHASKEL LANDAU as the registered managing agent for this address as of 30 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (8 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    ISSAC DEKALB LLC

    Public records list ISSAC DEKALB LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 30 Aug 2025. 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. There were 3 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  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 3032360044 · Block 3236, Lot 44 · Building class C2