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486 Harman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

2 immediately hazardous violations open. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
22
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
202300
202420
202500
2026 so far20

Plus 18 violations from 2017 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 3
  • Pests 1
Open per apartment
0.3 (2 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
12 Feb 2026 (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
2025–26120

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 hazardous2 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 failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner

    Issued 24 May 2019Notice sent out 14 Jul 2019§ 27-2056.7

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

    Issued 18 May 2019Defect letter issued 11 Aug 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Paperwork and notices9 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, 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 8 Sept 2024Invalid certification 19 Sept 2024Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • 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, 1st story

    Issued 8 Sept 2024Invalid certification 19 Sept 2024Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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., 1st story

    Issued 8 Mar 2018Not complied with 13 Jun 2018Paperwork 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, 1st story

    Issued 8 Mar 2018Not complied with 13 Jun 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 17 Aug 2017Notice sent out 20 Aug 2017Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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.

    Issued 17 Aug 2017Notice sent out 20 Aug 2017Paperwork 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

    Issued 17 Aug 2017Notice sent out 20 Aug 2017Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 17 Aug 2017Notice sent out 20 Aug 2017Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • Paint or post a sign indicating floors at all stories

    Issued 17 Aug 2017Notice sent out 20 Aug 2017Paperwork and notices§ 27-2048

20 closed violations, plus 1 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, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 12 Feb 2026Violation dismissed 10 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 12 Feb 2026Violation dismissed 10 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Abate the infestation consisting of rodents rats in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 28 Jun 2024Violation closed 21 Oct 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 8 Sept 2024Violation closed 30 Sept 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • 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 north at east wall, north wall, east wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 May 2019Violation closed 16 Mar 2021Lead 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) south wall, west wall in the foyer, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 May 2019Violation closed 16 Mar 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

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

    Issued 2 Feb 2020Violation dismissed 10 May 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2020Violation dismissed 10 May 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2020Violation dismissed 10 May 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

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

    Issued 2 Feb 2020Violation dismissed 30 Apr 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors... in the entrance, 3rd story at west

    Issued 2 Feb 2020Violation closed 9 Mar 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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; in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 10 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 24 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 10 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 17 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 10 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 17 Nov 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the 1st door frame from south at west wall, 1st door from south at west wall in the foyer, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 May 2019Violation dismissed 28 Aug 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the west wall, ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 May 2019Violation dismissed 28 Aug 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 18 May 2019Violation dismissed 28 Aug 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 18 May 2019Violation dismissed 28 Aug 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors, in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 May 2019Violation dismissed 28 Aug 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner

    Issued 13 Apr 2017Violation closed 16 Aug 2017§ 27-2056.7

32 violations on record in total, 11 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.

7 complaints in three years, 7 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water2 / 2
  • Appliances1 / 1
  • Doors and windows1 / 1
  • Floors and stairs1 / 1
  • Pests1 / 1
  • Walls and ceilings1 / 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.

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)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2018 report)
  • 2018No 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 and managing agent

    HARCORN PROPERTIES LLC

    Public records list HARCORN PROPERTIES LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 10 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner and agent (1 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 2 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. There was 1 pest complaint here in the last twelve months. 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 1 open lead-paint violation 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. 9 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.
  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 3032920022 · Block 3292, Lot 22 · Building class C2