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245 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

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

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Open violations
42 · 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
202411
202512
2026 so far10

Plus 5 violations from 1997 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Walls and ceilings 3
  • Floors and stairs 2
  • Entry, buzzer and mail 1
Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
6 May 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

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

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 6 May 2026Notice sent out 6 May 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tile at vestibule

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 4 Sept 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous2 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective ventilation system at ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 May 2025Notice sent out 28 May 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective intercom system at west wall in the private hallway, 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 May 2025Notice sent out 28 May 2025Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

7 closed violations, plus 5 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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceilings and all walls throughout in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 1 Jul 2024Violation closed 27 May 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective mechanical ventilation system at ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at south

    Issued 1 Jul 2024Violation closed 31 Jul 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint plaster front room east window sill 1 sty east an apartment carrol james 718 456 8418 er1 97011182, section '' ''

    Issued 5 Apr 1997Violation closed 3 Nov 2015Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color south wall. in the private hallway, 2nd story

    Issued 24 Mar 2015Violation dismissed 21 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of outlet at north wall, at bathroom, 2nd story, apartment

    Issued 24 Mar 2015Violation dismissed 21 Jul 2015Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors door in the entrance, 2nd story at west

    Issued 24 Mar 2015Violation closed 29 May 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors to apartment at entrance, 2nd story, apartment

    Issued 24 Mar 2015Violation closed 29 May 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

16 violations on record in total, 4 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.

35 complaints in three years, 10 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise6 / 28
  • Fire and safety equipment2 / 2
  • Entry, buzzer and mail0 / 1
  • Roof and outside the building0 / 1
  • Pests0 / 1
  • Floors and stairs1 / 1
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 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, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 4 Apr 2005

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)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 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 14 Oct 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

    RBHA HDFC

    Public records list RBHA HDFC as the owner of record for this address as of 14 Oct 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 2 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. 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.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 3033010005 · Block 3301, Lot 5 · Building class C2