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188 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 8 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. 22 violations before that, the first in 2013.

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Open per apartment
1.3 (8 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
15 Aug 2019 (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

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 hazardous3 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.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2019Notice of issuance sent to tenant 18 Aug 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors in the entrance, 2nd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2019Notice sent out 18 Aug 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lock at front entrance door to building, 1st story

    Issued 23 May 2019Invalid certification 31 May 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Hazardous5 open

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

  • Properly repair the broken or defective intercom system, 2nd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2019Notice sent out 18 Aug 2019Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2019Notice sent out 18 Aug 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective caulking around tub base in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2019Notice sent out 18 Aug 2019§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of house hold items at 2nd story balcony, south stack at building rear

    Issued 15 Aug 2019Notice sent out 18 Aug 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 6 Nov 2018Notice sent out 6 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

Paperwork and notices6 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 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 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 9 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Post 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

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 9 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 9 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 9 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +1

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in private dwellings that is missing

    Issued 8 Oct 2025Notice sent out 9 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +2

  • 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 27 Mar 2018Notice sent out 29 Mar 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

14 closed violations, plus 17 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 the broken or defective lock at entrance door to building at front areaway, 1st story

    Issued 27 Mar 2018Violation closed 27 Apr 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water at all fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 13 Dec 2014Violation closed 8 Feb 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly secure the loose base cabinet at washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Oct 2014Violation dismissed 2 Feb 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls and ceiling in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Oct 2014Violation dismissed 2 Feb 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile at west wall in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Oct 2014Violation dismissed 2 Feb 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules., 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Oct 2014Violation dismissed 2 Feb 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective unhinged door in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 2 Jul 2013Violation dismissed 2 Feb 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door frame in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 2 Jul 2013Violation dismissed 2 Feb 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets -- shower body at bathtub in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 13 May 2013Violation dismissed 2 Feb 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • 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 18 Jun 2015Violation dismissed 18 Oct 2015Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the entire apartment, 507th story

    Issued 20 Dec 2013Violation closed 23 Dec 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the entire apartment, 507th story

    Issued 20 Dec 2013Violation closed 12 Nov 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of construction materials at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 2 Jul 2013Violation closed 12 Nov 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective -- vinyl tile and wood floor in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 13 May 2013Violation closed 2 Jul 2013Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

45 violations on record in total, 14 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, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 5
  • Paperwork and notices0 / 1
  • Appliances0 / 1
  • Electrical0 / 1
  • Entry, buzzer and mail0 / 1
  • 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.

7 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 28 Mar 2011

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 7 May 2010

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 3 Mar 2009

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 25 Mar 2008

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 5 Mar 2008

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 18 Apr 2007

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 11 Jan 2007

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 permit currently in force. 1 permit filed in the last five years.

Show 1 expired or finished

  • General Construction

    INTERIOR RENOVATION OF APT 3L; NEW STORAGE MEZZANINE;MINOR NON-LOAD PARTITION WORK;NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY

    Issued 18 Sept 2025Expired 19 Feb 2026

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 2 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 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

    ARIEL BROWN

    Public records list ARIEL BROWN as the registered managing agent for this address as of 15 Jun 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (2 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    DALIA AVIAD

    Public records list DALIA AVIAD as the owner of record for this address as of 15 Jun 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    SARAH AVIAD

    Public records list SARAH AVIAD as the owner of record for this address as of 15 Jun 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (1 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this owner yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 3 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 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.
  3. 6 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.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 3032690033 · Block 3269, Lot 33 · Building class C2