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1610 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 2005 · 5-story building · 15 apartments

9 immediately hazardous violations open. 18 open in all.

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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. 18 violations before that, the first in 2021.

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Open per apartment
1.2 (18 open across 15 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
30 Jun 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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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

This 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 violation

Immediately hazardous9 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.

  • ×2Post 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 missing at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 30 Jun 2021Notice certified lateHeat 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, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice certified late 28 Apr 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling at bulkhead leading to roof at public hall, 5th story, section at west

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling at bulkhead leading to roof at public hall, 5th story, section at east

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening consisting of an unacceptable electromagnetic locking device install at the vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening consisting of an unacceptable electromagnetic locking device install at building front door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Doors and windows§ 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 = 9; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0;, 5th story at west

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective in the entrance, 5th story at west

    Issued 5 Mar 2021Notice certified late 28 Apr 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

Hazardous4 open

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

  • Provide security in the event of a power outage by means of an acceptable mechanical heavy duty lock and latch set at building front door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling at bulkhead leading to roof at public hall, 5th story, section at east

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at ceiling in the vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling at bulkhead leading to roof at public hall, 5th story, section at west

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous5 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.

  • ×3Post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st story

    3 issued 10 May 2021 to 30 Jun 2021Notice sent outSuper and management§ 27-2053

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling at bulkhead leading to roof at public hall, 5th story, section at east

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling at bulkhead leading to roof at public hall, 5th story, section at west

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices19 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.

  • ×4Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling.

    4 issued 5 Mar 2021 to 30 Jun 2021Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • ×3Dept. 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

    3 issued 5 Mar 2021 to 30 Jun 2021Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 329

  • ×3Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing at public hall, 1st story

    3 issued 5 Mar 2021 to 30 Jun 2021Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • ×3Post 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

    3 issued 5 Mar 2021 to 30 Jun 2021Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2021Notice sent out 15 Apr 2025Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • ×2Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 5 Mar 2021 to 10 May 2021Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×2Post, 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

    2 issued 5 Mar 2021 to 10 May 2021Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

44 violations on record in total, 37 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.

15 complaints in three years, 4 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise1 / 7
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 4
  • Fire and safety equipment2 / 3
  • Pests0 / 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)
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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2019 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT

    Public records list CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 10 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (4 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    L LOFTS CONDOMINIUM

    Public records list L LOFTS CONDOMINIUM as the owner of record for this address as of 10 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 9 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. 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.
  4. 19 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.
  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 3032487502 · Block 3248, Lot 7502 · Building class RM (not translated)