1583 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
3 immediately hazardous violations open. 4 open in all.
- Tenant reviews
- None yetLived here? Reviews open soon.
- Open violations
- 43 · 1
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 1 | 0 |
Plus 22 violations from 2000 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 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 5 Jun 2026 (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
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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.
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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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 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 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.
Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing bracket at west of balcony at building rear at fire escape at north
Issued 5 Jun 2026Notice sent out 11 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005
Remove the illegal fastening key operated double cylinder lock installed at rear door in the entrance, 1st story
Issued 3 Jun 2000Not complied with 15 Jun 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of rodents rats at boiler room, cellar
Issued 3 Jun 2000Not complied with 8 Jun 2026Pests§ 27-2018
Hazardous1 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots and bicycles rear stack
Issued 23 Aug 2013Not complied with 8 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
19 closed violations, plus 18 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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.
Abate the nuisance consisting of lockable hasp with eye at entrance door, 1st story at north
Issued 2 Apr 2011Violation closed 15 Jun 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Repair or replace the smoke detector (eugene cruz) defective in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 3 Jun 2000Violation closed 15 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 3 Jun 2000Violation closed 15 Jun 2026Pests§ 27-2018
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 9 Aug 2020Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Abate the nuisance consisting of excessive use of electrical extension cord in the kitchen, 2nd story at west
Issued 9 Aug 2020Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Electrical§ 27-2005 +1
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective, in the entrance, 2nd story at west
Issued 9 Aug 2020Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 9 Aug 2020Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at public hall, 1st story
Issued 8 Apr 2017Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Properly repair the broken or defective lock on vestibule door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 8 Apr 2017Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Properly repair the broken or defective lock on building entrance door
Issued 8 Apr 2017Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding ceiling at public hall, 1st story
Issued 8 Apr 2017Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches at public hall, 1st story
Issued 20 Oct 2016Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Pests§ 27-2018
Remove the illegal fastening lock at entrance to building
Issued 20 Oct 2016Violation closed 8 Jun 2026§ 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 boiler room door & at public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 May 2008Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
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 not less then 200 watts incandescent or equivalent
Issued 28 May 2008Violation closed 8 Jun 2026Electrical§ 27-2040
Provide a safe and adequate supply of electric service to the fixtures, in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 9 Aug 2020Violation closed 3 Sept 2020Electrical§ 27-2037
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling at public hall, 1st story
Issued 8 Apr 2017Violation closed 4 May 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint rear stack fire scape
Issued 23 Aug 2013Violation dismissed 9 Jan 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2014
Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing metal treads 5 and 6 up from 1 sty rear stack
Issued 23 Aug 2013Violation closed 2 Oct 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005
41 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 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, 0 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise0 / 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.
- 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 1 earlier reportShow fewer
- 2025No infested units reported (2023 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.
Registered managing agent
RICHARD CHIOU
Public records list RICHARD CHIOU as the registered managing agent for this address as of 1 Dec 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)
- 235 Irving Avenue138 open violations · no reviews yet
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Owner of record
FORTITUDE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
Public records list FORTITUDE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 1 Dec 2025. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
1583 Dekalb 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 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.
- 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.
- 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 4 open housing violations: 3 immediately hazardous, 1 hazardous and 0 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 (1).
On 5 Jun 2026. 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
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 3032370050 · Block 3237, Lot 50 · Building class C2