1506 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
4 immediately hazardous violations open. 13 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 134 · 9
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 21 violations from 1982 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Roof and outside the building 1
- Open per apartment
- 2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 14 Aug 2022 (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 filingThe 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 violationImmediately 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 21 Feb 2018Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
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
Issued 7 Feb 2018Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to building's heating system 1 sty public hall & boiler room door.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10
Remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the cellar throughout.
Issued 28 Jun 1982Not complied with 8 Jul 2018Garbage and cleanliness§ D26-11.01 +2
Hazardous9 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electric wires at ceiling at public hall, 1st story
Issued 2 Oct 2019Notice sent out 6 Oct 2019Electrical§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 21 Feb 2018Second no access to re-inspect violation 6 Jul 2018Pests§ 27-2018
Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 21 Feb 2018Second no access to re-inspect violation 6 Jul 2018Pests§ 27-2018
Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 7 Feb 2018Second no access to re-inspect violation 6 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 7 Feb 2018Second no access to re-inspect violation 6 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 3 sty left apartment
Issued 6 Sept 1985Not complied with 8 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plasterboard clg cellar front and rear.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Not complied with 8 Jul 2018Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01
And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots etc 2 and 3 sty rear balconies.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Second no access to re-inspect violation 6 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1
Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 3 sty left apartment south room.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Not complied with 8 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1
Paperwork and notices9 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.
×2File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.
2 issued 9 Jun 2025 to 4 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 2 Oct 2019Notice sent out 6 Oct 2019Paperwork and notices§ 329
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 21 Feb 2018Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104
Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 21 Feb 2018Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 329
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
Issued 7 Feb 2018Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104
Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame readily accessible for signature, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor at missing at public hall
Issued 7 Feb 2018Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 329
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.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ D26-41.15
Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor frame missing.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Not complied with 1 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 329
9 closed violations, plus 10 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.
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal fence front yard
Issued 14 Aug 2022Violation dismissed 27 Nov 2022Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Arrange and make self-closing the doors... in the entrance, 1st story at west
Issued 2 Oct 2019Violation closed 30 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Provide ready access to buildings heating system boiler room door locked at cellar
Issued 7 Feb 2018Violation closed 8 Jul 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Provide ready access to building's heating system locked door 1 sty public hall to cellar.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Violation closed 8 Jul 2018Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10
Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches kitchen 3 sty left apartment
Issued 6 Sept 1985Violation closed 8 Jul 2018Pests§ D26-13.03
Abate the nuisance consisting of double cylinder lock entrance door to 3 sty left apartment
Issued 6 Sept 1985Violation closed 8 Jul 2018Doors and windows§ D26-10.01 +1
Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination 1 sty public vestibule.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Violation closed 1 Jul 2018Electrical§ D26-19.05
Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination all sty pub hall.
Issued 6 Sept 1985Violation closed 1 Jul 2018Electrical§ D26-19.05
Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 7 Feb 2018Violation closed 5 Mar 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2031
41 violations on record in total, 22 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.
No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.
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.
1 case, all closed.
Heat and Hot Water
Opened 28 Mar 2018
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.
- 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
Show 1 earlier reportShow fewer
- 2020No infested units reported (2019 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.
Owner of record and managing agent
JDS 1506 DEKALB AVE LLC
Public records list JDS 1506 DEKALB AVE LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 21 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
1506 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 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.
- The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2023). 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.
- 9 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through.
- 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 13 open housing violations: 4 immediately hazardous, 9 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 roof and outside the building (1).
On 14 Aug 2022. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
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.
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