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1513 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

5 immediately hazardous violations open. 40 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
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Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 64 violations before that, the first in 2008.

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Open per apartment
6.7 (40 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
13 Jan 2020 (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 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, 1st story

    Issued 5 Mar 2019Notice of issuance sent to tenant 11 Apr 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Remove the illegal fastening hasp and eye capable of being padlocked at metal gate, building front

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Notice certified late 13 Oct 2019§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 25 Jun 2018Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Provide a safe and adequate supply of electric service to the fixtures throughout in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 21 Jun 2018Electrical§ 27-2037

  • 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) 1st door frame from north at east wall in the 1st kitchen from north at west, 1st story at west

    Issued 5 Mar 2009Notice sent out 8 Mar 2009Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous28 open

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

  • Replace the broken or defective water closet in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Jan 2020Notice sent out 14 Jan 2020§ 27-2026

  • ×2Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 1st story at east

    2 issued 20 Jun 2018 to 11 Jan 2019Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 11 Jan 2019Notice sent out 13 Jan 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 27 Dec 2018Notice certified late 16 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 27 Dec 2018Notice certified late 16 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 27 Dec 2018Notice certified late 16 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 23 Dec 2018Notice certified late 21 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 23 Dec 2018Notice certified late 21 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in wasteline at sink in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 23 Dec 2018Notice certified late 21 Feb 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 23 Dec 2018Notice certified late 21 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 19 Dec 2018Notice certified late 16 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 19 Dec 2018Notice certified late 16 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 19 Dec 2018Notice certified late 16 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Notice certified late 21 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Notice certified late 21 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

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

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Notice certified late 21 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal ceiling in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 25 Jun 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of overgrown weeds at north yard

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 25 Jun 2018Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at north and south entrances in the entrance, 1st story at east

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 25 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 25 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors leading to 2nd means of egress in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 25 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly secure the loose light fixture at ceiling in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Notice sent out 25 Jun 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Not complied with 5 Dec 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Not complied with 5 Dec 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • 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..100 watts incand. minimum aggregate required, 1st story

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Not complied with 5 Dec 2017Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at the shower body in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 5 Feb 2015Notice sent out 8 Feb 2015Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device at door in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 25 Apr 2008Not complied with 13 Jul 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous7 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 lower sash window in the 4th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 5 Mar 2019Notice sent out 6 Mar 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit lower sash window in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 5 Mar 2019Notice sent out 6 Mar 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Notice certified late 18 Jul 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2043

  • Subd. 5 m/d law discontinue use of interior room for living or provide a single opening of at least 60 percent of area of the partition to room having window opening directly to street or yard in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Notice certified late 18 Jul 2019Roof and outside the building§ 213

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mechanical ventilation system in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 13 Oct 2017Notice sent out 19 Oct 2017§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 13 Oct 2017Notice sent out 19 Oct 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Subd. 5 m/d law discontinue use of interior room for living or provide a single opening of at least 60 percent of area of the partition to room having window opening directly to street or yard : at south wall in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 5 Mar 2009Not complied with 19 May 2012Roof and outside the building§ 213

Paperwork and notices3 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.

  • 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 3 Jan 2019Notice certified late 28 Jul 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • 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 12 Oct 2017Invalid certification 16 Nov 2017Paperwork 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 agency?s housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 May 2016Notice sent out 25 May 2016Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

24 closed violations, plus 10 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.

  • Repair the broken or defective connection leaky steam pipe at ceiling at cellar

    Issued 5 Mar 2019Violation closed 31 Mar 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 5 Mar 2019Violation closed 28 Mar 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeds temperature of 130 degrees at all fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 23 Dec 2018Violation closed 1 Mar 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum temperature of 130 degrees at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 19 Dec 2018Violation closed 1 Mar 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in waste pipe. in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Violation closed 1 Mar 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum of 130 degrees at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 17 Dec 2018Violation closed 1 Mar 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 19 Dec 2018Violation closed 13 Jan 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets cold water constantly running contributing to flooding in cellar due to cascading leak at waste pipe at cellar ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Violation closed 28 Dec 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • 2011, 2012 adm code cleanse and disinfect to the satisfaction of this department after removing the water at cellar

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Violation closed 7 Aug 2018§ 27-2010

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at waste pipe at ceiling at cellar

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Violation closed 7 Aug 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling. approx. 60 square feet at cellar

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Violation closed 7 Aug 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling. approx 60 square feet at cellar

    Issued 20 Jun 2018Violation closed 26 Jul 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 8 Jan 2018Violation dismissed 29 Mar 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 8 Jan 2018Violation dismissed 29 Mar 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mortise lock of the entry door in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 13 Oct 2017Violation dismissed 15 Jan 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lock at door in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Violation closed 5 Dec 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from at least 1 window or provide approved type gate.. in the 4th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Violation closed 5 Dec 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Violation closed 5 Dec 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mechanical air vent at north wall in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Violation closed 5 Dec 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lock at entrance door to building, 1st story

    Issued 12 Oct 2017Violation closed 5 Dec 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • 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) 1st door frame from south at west wall in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Sept 2008Violation closed 21 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) 1st door frame from north at east wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Sept 2008Violation closed 21 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) 1st closet from north at east wall door frame, 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Sept 2008Violation closed 21 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell buzzer system in the entrance, 2nd story at south

    Issued 28 May 2016Violation closed 24 Jun 2016Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

77 violations on record in total, 43 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.

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

  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 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.

3 cases, all closed.

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 28 Mar 2019

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 24 Feb 2009

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 7 Jan 2009

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.

  • 20191 eviction

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No permit currently in force. 4 permits filed in the last five years.

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  • General Construction

    -INTERIOR RENOVATION @ APARTMENT 3R AS PER PLANS;--REPLACEMENT OF SHEET-ROCK THROUGH OUT APARTMENT. --REMOVE AND REPLACE FLOOR FINISHES THROUGH OUT AND REPAIR FLOOR AS REQUIRED. NO CHANGE OF USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY THIS APPLICATION.

    Issued 25 Sept 2024Expired 9 Jun 2025

  • General Construction

    HEREWITH FILING TO FOR INTERIOR RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3L TO INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF SHEET-ROCK THROUGH OUT, FINISHED FLOOR AND FINISHES AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE OF USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY THIS APPLICATION.

    Issued 1 Sept 2022Expired 9 Jun 2023

  • General Construction

    PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION OF EXISTING APARTMENT, NO CHANGE OF USE EGRESS OROCCUPANCY.

    Issued 24 Jun 2022Expired 8 Aug 2022

  • Alteration

    Issued 4 Feb 2021Expired 7 Aug 2021

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No 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

    GMC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC

    Public records list GMC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 28 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (5 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    1513 DEKALB AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC

    Public records list 1513 DEKALB AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 28 Aug 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. The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2018, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. 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 2026). 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. 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.
  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 3032360045 · Block 3236, Lot 45 · Building class C2