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470 Harman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

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

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 33 violations before that, the first in 2016.

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Open per apartment
2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
31 Jul 2017 (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 hazardous9 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.

  • 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) west wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Jul 2017Certification postponment granted 15 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) east wall, west wall in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Jul 2017Certification postponment granted 15 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) south wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Jul 2017Certification postponment granted 15 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Jul 2017Certification postponment granted 15 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) north wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Jul 2017Certification postponment granted 15 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at south wall, baseboard at west wall, 1st door from south at west wall, 1st door frame from south at west wall, chair rails at west wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall, 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Not complied with 2 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at east wall, baseboard at west wall, ceiling, 2nd door from east at south wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall, north wall, east wall, west wall in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Not complied with 2 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2016Not complied with 2 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from west at north wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Mar 2016Not complied with 2 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous4 open

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

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    2 issued 19 Mar 2016 to 9 Apr 2016False certificationPests§ 27-2018

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    2 issued 9 Mar 2016 to 9 Apr 2016False certificationPests§ 27-2018

20 closed violations

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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum temperature of 130 degrees at hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Jul 2017Violation closed 4 Oct 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) south wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Violation closed 28 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • ×2Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door from south at west wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall, 1st door frame from south at west wall, south wall, east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    2 issued 9 Mar 2016 to 19 Mar 2016Violation closedLead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from west at north wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2016Violation closed 28 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2016Violation closed 28 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Mar 2016Violation closed 28 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) east wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Mar 2016Violation closed 28 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 0; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 3;, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Mar 2016Violation closed 2 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny ?11-06(b)(2) baseboard at east wall, north wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Violation closed 21 Jun 2016Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny ?11-06(b)(2) baseboard at west wall, ceiling, 1st closet from east at south wall wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Violation closed 21 Jun 2016Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

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

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Violation closed 28 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 1; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0;, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Violation closed 28 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

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

    Issued 9 Apr 2016Violation closed 28 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). inoperative in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2016Violation closed 25 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2016Violation closed 25 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 9 Mar 2016Violation closed 25 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 0; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 2; in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2016Violation closed 17 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 9 Mar 2016Violation closed 12 Apr 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked door leading to bsmt at public hall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Mar 2016Violation closed 12 Apr 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

33 violations on record in total, 13 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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 7 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    GASPARE MISTRETTA

    Public records list GASPARE MISTRETTA as the registered managing agent for this address as of 15 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    470 HARMAN LLC

    Public records list 470 HARMAN LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 15 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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 9 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 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.
  3. This building dates from 1931 and has 9 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  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

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