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1289 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 open violation, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
11
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202320
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 21 violations from 1987 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 2
Open per apartment
0.2 (1 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
19 Nov 2023 (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

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

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.

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

Hazardous1 open

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

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx. 8 sq ft at the ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east original violation 13889415 issued 11-nov-20 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 11 Nov 2020Defect letter issued 1 Jun 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

22 closed violations, plus 4 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.

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

    Issued 19 Nov 2023Violation closed 1 Jun 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 19 Nov 2023Violation closed 1 Jun 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the walls in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 11 Nov 2020Violation closed 1 Jun 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household furnitures on the balcony at the fire escape; 2nd story in the rear yard

    Issued 11 Nov 2020Violation closed 1 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl flooring in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 11 Nov 2020Violation closed 1 Jun 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx. 8 sq ft at the ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 11 Nov 2020Violation closed 12 Mar 2021Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint walls 2 sty west an apartment kitchen & bathroom arce no phone.

    Issued 18 Aug 1987Violation closed 17 Dec 2017Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tile in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2015Violation closed 2 Aug 2017Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance, lower sash, window in the 1st room from east at north, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2015Violation closed 2 Aug 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose hinges at base cabinets in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2015Violation closed 2 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling light fixture in the 1st room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2015Violation closed 20 Jun 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2015Violation closed 20 Jun 2016Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electric ignitor at stove in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2015Violation closed 20 Jun 2016Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint at north wall 2nd room from front at 1 sty south an apartment er1 18777, section '' ''

    Issued 24 Nov 1998Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint at north wall and door in front room 1 sty south an apartment er1 18777, section '' ''

    Issued 24 Nov 1998Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint north wall and south wall kitchen 1 sty south an apartment er1 18777, section '' ''

    Issued 24 Nov 1998Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint door frame and door bathroom 1 sty south an apartment er1 18777, section '' ''

    Issued 24 Nov 1998Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint west wall bathroom 1 sty south an apartment margarita rivera 455 1216 er1 18777, section '' ''

    Issued 24 Nov 1998Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling 2 sty east an apartment 2 room from front & front room gonzales 574 6311., section '' ''

    Issued 2 Sept 1988Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling 2 sty east an apartment 2 room from rear gonzales 577 6311., section '' ''

    Issued 2 Sept 1988Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint walls 2 sty east an apartment bathroom martinez 574 6311.

    Issued 18 Aug 1987Violation closed 27 Jul 2014Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device for door at building entrance.

    Issued 7 May 2014Violation closed 8 Jul 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

27 violations on record in total, 1 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.

1 complaint in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water0 / 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.

  • 20241 eviction
  • 20191 eviction

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No 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

    RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

    Public records list RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP as the registered managing agent for this address as of 21 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (57 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    WEST BUSHWICK 203K HDFC

    Public records list WEST BUSHWICK 203K HDFC as the owner of record for this address as of 21 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (8 in the records we hold)

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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 has 1 open hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns and what has been done since.
  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. 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.
  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 3032870038 · Block 3287, Lot 38 · Building class C2