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1420 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 8 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
83 · 5
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
2024133
202540
2026 so far00

Plus 5 violations from 1998 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Pests 7
  • Fire and safety equipment 4
  • Doors and windows 3
Open per apartment
1.3 (8 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
6 Jul 2025 (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 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Notice certified late 4 Nov 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Notice certified late 4 Nov 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Notice certified late 4 Nov 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous5 open

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

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2019Notice sent out 18 Feb 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color west wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2019Notice sent out 18 Feb 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tile in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2019Notice sent out 18 Feb 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • 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 a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required.

    Issued 23 Sept 2010Not complied with 11 Nov 2010Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 3 sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 26 Jan 1998Notice sent out 10 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

17 closed violations, plus 17 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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating the pest infestations, by using integrated pest management (ipm), eliminate all burrow entry and passageways, pest nests, holes, gaps or cracks in walls, ceilings, floors, fixing leaks and managing garbage in public areas. evidence found at.. yard

    Issued 6 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017 +6

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 19 May 2025Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 19 May 2025Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 2nd story

    Issued 19 May 2025Violation dismissed 14 Aug 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 3 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the flushing apparatus and maintain same so as to flush effectively the water closet in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 3 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 8 Apr 2025§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass pane at 1st and 2nd window from west at north in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation closed 22 Mar 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective counter balance lower sash at 1st window from west at north in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation closed 22 Mar 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 3 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 11 Mar 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 3 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 11 Mar 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective broken glass at 1st and 2nd lower window sash from south at west in the 5th room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 3 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 25 Feb 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 15 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 15 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the celling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 15 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 15 Jan 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling and west wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 15 Jan 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the west wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 23 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 15 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

42 violations on record in total, 8 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.

124 complaints in three years, 25 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise25 / 115
  • Doors and windows0 / 4
  • Pests0 / 3
  • Entry, buzzer and mail0 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 4 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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

    BLOCK MANAGEMENT INC

    Public records list BLOCK MANAGEMENT INC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 24 Jun 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (16 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    MANEFESTO 1420 DEKALB LLC

    Public records list MANEFESTO 1420 DEKALB LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 24 Jun 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 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.
  2. 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. 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 3032460014 · Block 3246, Lot 14 · Building class C2