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1575 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1957 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 7 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
72 · 4 · 1
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202210
202330
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 23 violations from 1991 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Doors and windows 2
  • Garbage and cleanliness 1
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
0.9 (7 open across 8 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
8 Oct 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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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.

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 hazardous2 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.

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

    Issued 9 Nov 2022Notice sent out 13 Nov 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of rodents rats at cellar

    Issued 8 Sept 2019Not complied with 10 Jun 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous4 open

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

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective locking device at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 Oct 2023Notice sent out 11 Oct 2023Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the household trash at building front yard

    Issued 8 Oct 2023Notice sent out 11 Oct 2023Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of flower pots at 2nd story balcony at building rear at fire escape

    Issued 23 Jan 2023Notice sent out 24 Jan 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 3 May 2012Not complied with 19 Oct 2019Pests§ 27-2018

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 ceiling, walls and trims throughout in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 22 Oct 2019Notice sent out 23 Oct 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

20 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 with new the missing door knobs from the vestibule to the public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 10 Feb 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at the south wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story

    Issued 22 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 10 Feb 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 0; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 7; in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 15 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 19 Dec 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective negron 1 sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 24 Apr 1991Violation closed 22 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the rear yard

    Issued 8 Sept 2019Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • 187, 231 m/d law and department rules and regulations. provide a shoe properly secured to bottom of string of dropladder fire escape at rear

    Issued 8 Sept 2019Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 53

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household articles at 4th story balcony at rear yard

    Issued 8 Sept 2019Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening key operated lock at door leading to fire escape window. in the 1st room from north, 4th story at west

    Issued 3 May 2012Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 1; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0; in the bathroom, 4th story at west

    Issued 3 May 2012Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective eroded mortar joints at wall 1st to 4th stys west yard

    Issued 15 Aug 2002Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of - house hold items at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 15 Aug 2002Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak at rear of cellar ceiling

    Issued 29 Nov 1997Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of no electric service provided at 2 sty east an apartment

    Issued 29 Nov 1997Violation closed 19 Oct 2019Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 4th story

    Issued 7 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 2 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 4th story

    Issued 7 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 2 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 1; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0; in the entire apartment, 4th story

    Issued 7 Apr 2017Violation closed 27 May 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

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

    Issued 3 May 2012Violation closed 9 Apr 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceiling and walls all sty public hall

    Issued 15 Aug 2002Violation closed 9 Apr 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Rearrange television and/or radio antenna to be at least 10 feet above roof and not attached to any fire escape or soil or vent line at rear, roof

    Issued 15 Aug 2002Violation closed 9 Apr 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 62

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of no electric service provided at light fixtures all stys public halls as per sec 27 2037 hmc

    Issued 29 Nov 1997Violation closed 9 Apr 2017Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

34 violations on record in total, 7 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.

5 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 4
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 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.

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 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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 7 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)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    1575 DEKALB,LLC

    Public records list 1575 DEKALB,LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 1 Oct 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 2 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 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.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 3032370054 · Block 3237, Lot 54 · Building class C1