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1504 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

4 immediately hazardous violations open. 19 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 yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 34 violations before that, the first in 1997.

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Open per apartment
3.2 (19 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
22 Apr 2021 (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 hazardous4 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.

  • 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 public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Apr 2021Notice sent out 26 Apr 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment... in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 3 Mar 2021Invalid certification 17 Mar 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.8

  • Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.

    Issued 23 Feb 2021Notice sent out 25 Feb 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.4

  • Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.

    Issued 21 Dec 2020Notice sent out 10 Feb 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.7

Hazardous9 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 fire retardant material at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 22 Apr 2021Notice sent out 26 Apr 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Notice sent out 21 Mar 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing 10th baluster from bottom at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Notice sent out 21 Mar 2021§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant materials at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Notice sent out 21 Mar 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant materials at south wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Notice sent out 21 Mar 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing 26th baluster from bottom to landing at public hall stairs, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Notice sent out 21 Mar 2021Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Provide suitable tight cover for the handhole opening of trap at cellar front

    Issued 4 Dec 2018Notice sent out 6 Dec 2018§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 4 Dec 2018Notice sent out 6 Dec 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 4 Dec 2018Notice sent out 6 Dec 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

Non-hazardous6 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.

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hinge kick down door stop at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Apr 2021Notice sent out 26 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 22 Apr 2021Notice sent out 26 Apr 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hinge kick down door stop at entrance door to building at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Apr 2021Notice sent out 26 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department south wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Notice sent out 21 Mar 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Notice sent out 21 Mar 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • 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 2nd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 4 Dec 2018Notice sent out 6 Dec 2018Roof and outside the building§ 213

Paperwork and notices1 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, 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 4 Dec 2018Notice sent out 6 Dec 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

15 closed violations, plus 4 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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 3rd room from east, the kitchen, the 2nd room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 3 Mar 2021Violation dismissed 6 Sept 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly secure the loose handrail and baluster 1st to 2nd story at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Violation closed 22 Apr 2021§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of storage of refrigerator with doors intact at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Mar 2021Violation closed 22 Apr 2021Appliances§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 19 Sept 2012Violation closed 7 Feb 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) west wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Sept 2012Violation closed 7 Feb 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface on wood trim, doors, or windows - using exclusive interim controls, which include a surface dust test in accordance with statute. west door at center in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 6 Apr 2000Violation closed 27 Jan 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.5

  • 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 = 3; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0; in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 4 Dec 2018Violation closed 10 Mar 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of rodents rats cellar thru out.

    Issued 9 May 1997Violation closed 5 Dec 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Sept 2012Violation dismissed 22 Jan 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant sheetrock ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Sept 2012Violation closed 16 Jan 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at the ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Sept 2012Violation closed 16 Jan 2013Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing ceiling light fixture in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Sept 2012Violation closed 16 Jan 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing baluster at the stairs 1st to 2nd sty public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 Sept 2012Violation closed 8 Oct 2012Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector which is mising. (tenant gonzalez lizette ). in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 6 Apr 2000Violation closed 6 Oct 2012Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 Oct 1997Violation closed 6 Oct 2012Pests§ 27-2018

39 violations on record in total, 20 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.

10 complaints in three years, 10 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise10 / 10

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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 15 May 2012

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)
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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No 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

    JOSEPH FRAGALA

    Public records list JOSEPH FRAGALA as the registered managing agent for this address as of 11 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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

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  • Owner of record

    1504 REALTY CORP

    Public records list 1504 REALTY CORP as the owner of record for this address as of 11 Sept 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 4 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 3 open lead-paint violations 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. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  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 3032470022 · Block 3247, Lot 22 · Building class C2