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172 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 13 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
131 · 12
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202234
202300
202400
202510
2026 so far141

Plus 2 violations from 2008 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 9
  • Walls and ceilings 4
  • Doors and windows 3
Open per apartment
2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
29 Sept 2026 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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.

It is listed under a tax-benefit program (421-a or J-51). Stabilization that comes from one of these can end when the benefit does, so ask when it expires.

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 hazardous1 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 doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

Hazardous12 open

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

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls inside closet in the 1st room from north lower level, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of flower pots at 3rd story balcony at building front at fire escape at north exterior wall

    Issued 28 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass pane at building entrance door at 1st story

    Issued 28 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass pane at entrance door leading to vestibule., 1st story

    Issued 8 Sept 2026Notice certified on time 27 Oct 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 8 Sept 2026Civ14 mailed 28 Oct 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 8 Sept 2026Civ14 mailed 28 Oct 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at east wall in the private hallway lower level, 1st story at west

    Issued 4 May 2026Notice sent out 4 May 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the east wall in the private hallway lower level, 1st story at west

    Issued 4 May 2026Notice sent out 4 May 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10 sq ft at east wall in the private hallway lower level, 1st story at west original violation 18850377 issued 04-may-26 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 3 May 2026Invalid certification 13 Oct 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of household item at north at fire escape, 3rd story

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 30 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

Paperwork and notices2 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post a proper notice regarding rent stabilization law, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a conspicuous location within the common area at the buildings entrance. for more information about signage requirements, please visit: https://www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/required-signage.page

    Issued 28 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

12 closed violations, plus 8 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective wire glass at building entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 29 Sept 2026Violation closed 25 Oct 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10 sq ft at east wall in the private hallway lower level, 1st story at west

    Issued 4 May 2026Violation closed 1 Sept 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinge in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 31 Mar 2026Violation dismissed 28 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... at ceiling and all walls approx. 4 sq. feet at cellar

    Issued 9 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration staircase breaching to cellar in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 9 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 12 Apr 2023Floors and stairs§ 300

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections 1st room from north, 4th room from north, one shower stall and one water closet at cellar

    Issued 9 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 9 Feb 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling and all walls at cellar

    Issued 9 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 8 Jan 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling and all walls at cellar

    Issued 9 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 8 Jan 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at all walls and ceiling at cellar

    Issued 9 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 8 Jan 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective in the entrance, 1st story at east

    Issued 9 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 8 Jan 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • 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 required, light fixture present

    Issued 17 Jun 2015Violation dismissed 9 Jun 2022Electrical§ 27-2040

  • 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 bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 12 May 2008Violation closed 27 May 2015Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

35 violations on record in total, 15 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.

30 complaints in three years, 16 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Pests2 / 10
  • Leaks and plumbing6 / 8
  • Mold and damp6 / 7
  • Noise1 / 4
  • Heat and hot water1 / 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 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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

    ARON FROMOWITZ

    Public records list ARON FROMOWITZ as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    172 IRVING AVENUE HOLDINGS LLC

    Public records list 172 IRVING AVENUE HOLDINGS LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 23 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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. There is 1 open mould violation on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. There were 2 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. 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.
  4. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 6 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 3032580033 · Block 3258, Lot 33 · Building class C2