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256 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 19 open in all.

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Open violations
191 · 14 · 4
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 20 violations before that, the first in 1985.

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Open per apartment
3.2 (19 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
19 Nov 2012 (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

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

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

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.

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

    Issued 19 Nov 2012Notice sent out 22 Nov 2012Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous14 open

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

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s).... in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 19 Nov 2012Notice certified late 27 Jan 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector that is defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 19 Nov 2012Notice certified late 27 Jan 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following ***minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required***

    Issued 25 Nov 2010Notice sent out 29 Nov 2010Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections cellar thru out

    Issued 25 Feb 1997Notice sent out 17 Mar 1997Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

  • Properly repair the broken or defective metal ceiling 1 sty north an apartment kitchen.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling 1 sty north an apartment bathroom.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed leak ceiling 1 sty north an apartment bathroom & kitchen.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 1 sty north an apartment dejesus.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bells & buzzer system 1 sty north an apartment sty public hall.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

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  • Properly repair the broken or defective wood floor 1 sty north an apartment kitchen.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster board ceiling cellar thru out.

    Issued 9 Sept 1985Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items public halls all stys.

    Issued 9 Sept 1985Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes all stys rear.

    Issued 9 Sept 1985Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

Non-hazardous4 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.

  • Refit windows 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 16 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceiling 2 sty an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 23 Apr 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 31 May 2010Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration dropped celotex ceiling 2 sty east an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 9 Sept 1985First no access to re- inspect violation 31 May 2010Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 40 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the rear yard.

    Issued 9 Sept 1985Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.07

Paperwork and notices1 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.

  • Paint or post a sign indicating floors on walls at or near stairs all stys public halls.

    Issued 9 Sept 1985Notice sent out 2 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ D26-21.03

1 closed violation, plus 14 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 an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 19 Nov 2012Violation dismissed 1 Oct 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

35 violations on record in total, 20 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.

8 complaints in three years, 8 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise5 / 5
  • Heat and hot water2 / 2
  • Pests1 / 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 3 Oct 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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 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

    256 IRVING AVE LLC

    Public records list 256 IRVING AVE LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 27 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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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 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. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  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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