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1401 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 6 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
61 · 4 · 1
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 15 violations before that, the first in 2007.

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Open per apartment
1 (6 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
11 Sept 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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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

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

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.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2019False certification 12 Sept 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous4 open

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

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 24 May 2007Notice sent out 30 May 2007Pests§ 27-2018

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors apartment entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 24 May 2007Notice sent out 30 May 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... north wall and ceiling (16sq ft) in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 24 May 2007Notice sent out 30 May 2007Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 24 May 2007Notice sent out 30 May 2007Pests§ 27-2018

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also chain door guard, 1st story at west

    Issued 24 May 2007Notice sent out 30 May 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2043

9 closed violations, plus 2 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.

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 11 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 12 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 3rd story at south

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 3rd story at south

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at south

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at south wall in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 1st room from east, the foyer, the bathroom, 3rd story at south

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at north wall in the foyer, 3rd story at south

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 22 Oct 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 29 Sept 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at west wall at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2019Violation closed 11 Sept 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

17 violations on record in total, 6 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2018 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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.

  • Owner of record

    JOHN KARAMOUZOS

    Public records list JOHN KARAMOUZOS as the owner of record for this address as of 17 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (4 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 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. 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 3032900052 · Block 3290, Lot 52 · Building class C2