161 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 2-story walk-up · 6 apartments
2 immediately hazardous violations open. 3 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 32 · 1
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 14 violations from 1998 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Heat and hot water 3
- Fire and safety equipment 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.5 (3 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 3 Mar 2024 (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 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.
Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 2nd story at north
Issued 3 Mar 2024Not complied with 13 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3
Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 9 Nov 2019Notice of issuance sent to tenant 12 Nov 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4
Hazardous1 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
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 100 watts minimum
Issued 2 Dec 1998Notice sent out 30 Sept 2009Electrical§ 27-2040
15 closed violations, plus 8 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.
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at basement at boiler room
Issued 3 Mar 2024Violation dismissed 23 May 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north
Issued 3 Mar 2024Violation closed 26 Mar 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2031
Provide an adequate supply of heat from an approved central heating system, or an approved system of gas or electrical heating in good operating condition for the dwelling unit in the entire apartment, 1st story at east
Issued 1 Mar 2024Violation closed 24 Mar 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2028 +1
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at boiler room at basement
Issued 18 Dec 2019Violation dismissed 8 Mar 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Fire egress defective. make stationary the iron ladder leading to scuttle opening in roof at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 12 Dec 2019Violation dismissed 8 Mar 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 12 Dec 2019Violation dismissed 8 Mar 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4
Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 12 Dec 2019Violation dismissed 8 Mar 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance at windows lower sash at east wall in the kitchen, 1st story at north
Issued 9 Nov 2019Violation dismissed 8 Mar 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005
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 = 5; wg to repair = 1;wg to repair = 1 wg to replace = 0; in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 12 Dec 2019Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 12 Dec 2019Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
Replace with new the broken or defective at the 1st winow from eat inside the closet, south wall in the 5th room from north, 2nd story at south
Issued 12 Dec 2019Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 18 Dec 2019Violation closed 2 Mar 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 1st story
Issued 15 Jan 2019Violation dismissed 19 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 1st story
Issued 15 Jan 2019Violation dismissed 19 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 1st story
Issued 15 Jan 2019Violation dismissed 19 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
26 violations on record in total, 3 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.
4 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Heat and hot water0 / 2
- Noise1 / 2
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.
2 cases, all closed.
Heat and Hot Water
Opened 19 Apr 2024
Heat and Hot Water
Opened 13 Jan 2020
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 5 earlier reportsShow fewer
- 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No 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
IRVING APARTMENTS LLC
Public records list IRVING APARTMENTS LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 15 Dec 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
161 Irving 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 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.
- 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 3 open housing violations: 2 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 heat and hot water (3) and fire and safety equipment (1).
On 3 Mar 2024. 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.
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