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1381 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 5-story walk-up with stores · 24 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 3 open in all. 1 Housing Court case pending.

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Open violations
31 · 2
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202400
202520
2026 so far00

Plus 41 violations from 2014 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Leaks and plumbing 1
  • Walls and ceilings 1
Open per apartment
0.1 (3 open across 24 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
14 Oct 2025 (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 5 days.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26550

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 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.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 5th story at south

    Issued 5 Feb 2021Notice sent out 7 Feb 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling and north wall in the 3rd room from east at south, 5th story at west

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 15 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tile in the bathroom, 2nd story at south

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Not complied with 3 Mar 2021Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Not complied with 4 Nov 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • Post 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

    Issued 14 Jul 2016Not complied with 4 Nov 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

40 closed violations, plus 14 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.

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at the ceiling in the 3rd room from east at south, 5th story at west

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Violation closed 2 Feb 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked boiler room door at cellar

    Issued 5 Feb 2021Violation dismissed 2 May 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Cleanse to the satisfaction of this department the floor at public hall, 5th story

    Issued 20 Feb 2021Violation closed 19 Apr 2021Floors and stairs§ 27-2011

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 5th story

    Issued 20 Feb 2021Violation closed 19 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum temperature of 130 f at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective marble saddle in the bathroom, 2nd story at south

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Violation closed 3 Mar 2021§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Violation closed 3 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 3 Jan 2021Violation closed 3 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at front entrance to building, 1st story

    Issued 16 Apr 2018Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods north stack at builing front

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of house hodls items and wires at 4th story balcony, west stack at building west exterior wall

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of house hold items at 5th story balcony, west stack at building west exterior wall

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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..., 1st story

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the floors all stories at public hall

    Issued 10 Jul 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Replace with new the broken or defective mail boxes east and west walls at lobby, 1st story

    Issued 10 Jul 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range stove in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 10 Jul 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Provide sufficient, proper and separate metal receptacles for the deposit of garbage, rubbish and other waste material and arrange for collection and disposal of such material. at cellar

    Issued 10 Jul 2017Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2021

  • Post 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

    Issued 14 Jul 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Super and management§ 27-2053

  • 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 missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 14 Jul 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Jun 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical bx cable at south wall on 1st story -south east section at public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Electrical§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration water closet compartment with wash basin at south east section at public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018§ 300

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items on 5th story -center section at public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items on 4th story -center section at public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device assembly at east south section building entrance

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items on 3rd story -center section at public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the on 1st story south east section at public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items on 2nd story -center section at public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2016Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling in the 1st room from north, 5th story at north

    Issued 13 Apr 2014Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from north, 5th story at north

    Issued 13 Apr 2014Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 5th story at north

    Issued 22 Feb 2014Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Refit lower sash window in the 1st room from east, 5th story at north

    Issued 22 Feb 2014Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling in the 1st room from east at south, 5th story at north

    Issued 22 Feb 2014Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from east at south, 5th story at north

    Issued 22 Feb 2014Violation closed 4 Nov 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing gusset plate, northeast and northwest corner at 3rd story balcony, north stack at building front

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 6 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing gusset plate, northeast and northwest corner at 4th story balcony, north stack at building front

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 6 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing gusset plate, northeast and northwest corner at 5th story balcony, north stack at building front

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 6 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing gusset plate, northeast and northwest corner at 2nd story balcony, north stack at building front

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation closed 6 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures (gas range) in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 7 Aug 2017Violation closed 21 Aug 2017Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective concrete tread 1st from bottom at stoop at building front

    Issued 13 Apr 2014Violation closed 19 May 2014§ 27-2005

59 violations on record in total, 5 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.

29 complaints in three years, 9 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise3 / 11
  • Heat and hot water5 / 7
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 4
  • Mold and damp0 / 3
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 2
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 1
  • Doors and windows0 / 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.

1 case pending, 1 closed.

  • Tenant ActionPending

    Opened 19 Feb 2021

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 23 Mar 2021

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.

  • 20171 eviction

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No permit currently in force. 5 permits filed in the last five years.

Show 5 expired or finished

  • Construction equipment · Equipment work

    Issued 28 Mar 2023Expired 27 Mar 2024

  • Antenna

    DISH WIRELESS- Install 3 new antenna sectors with 6 RRH units and 1 GPS unit on the roof. Install 1 new cabinet on steel platform on roof.. Related service connection in basement to roof. All in conformance with TPPN# 5/98. egress.

    Issued 20 Mar 2023Expired 31 Mar 2023

  • General Construction

    LEGALIZATION OF WORK ON THE 5TH FLOOR TO ALTER THE OCCUPANCYTO CONTAIN 12 APARTMENTS INSTEAD OF 10 APARTMENTS.

    Issued 28 Mar 2022Expired 30 Mar 2022

  • Antenna

    Tmobile - Relocation of antenna sector and installation of cable tray on the roof. All work is in compliance with TPPN5/98. No change in use, egress, or occupancy,

    Issued 28 Mar 2022Expired 30 Sept 2022

  • Equipment work · Plumbing

    Issued 13 Feb 2022Expired 3 Feb 2023

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 reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No 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

    CANVAS PROPERTY GROUP

    Public records list CANVAS PROPERTY GROUP as the registered managing agent for this address as of 27 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    1381 MYRTLE AVENUE LLC

    Public records list 1381 MYRTLE AVENUE LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 27 Aug 2026. 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. HPD has 1 case pending against the owner in Housing Court (tenant action). Ask what it is about and whether the work has been done.
  3. There were 5 heat or hot-water complaints here in the last twelve months. Ask who handles heat, how quickly it is usually restored, and whether the boiler has been replaced.
  4. 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.
  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 3032780008 · Block 3278, Lot 8 · Building class C7