266 St Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
8 immediately hazardous violations open. 14 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 148 · 2 · 4
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 5
- Walls and ceilings 4
- Roof and outside the building 3
- Open per apartment
- 2.3 (14 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 1 Apr 2024 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThis 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 violationImmediately hazardous8 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 pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.
Issued 31 Jan 2024Notice sent out 24 Mar 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7
Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.
Issued 31 Jan 2024Notice sent out 24 Mar 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.4
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 = 3, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 0 in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Jan 2024Notice sent out 29 Jan 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective... in the entrance, 3rd story at east
Issued 23 Jan 2023Notice sent out 24 Jan 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire rated material at ceiling and north wall at public hall
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire rated material at north and west wall at scuttle opening at 3rd story public hall to roof
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire rated material at east wall at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Hazardous2 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... at ceiling at public hall original violation 15320176 issued 15-aug-22 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).
Issued 15 Aug 2022Defect letter issued 30 Jun 2025Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3
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.
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the east wall at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling and north wall at public hall
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Super and management§ 27-2053
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the north and west wall at scuttle opening at 3rd story public hall to roof
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Roof and outside the building§ 27-2013
Paperwork and notices10 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.
×6File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.
6 issued 13 Apr 2021 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building.
Issued 1 Apr 2024Notice sent out 4 Apr 2024Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104
Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor - frame missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 1 Apr 2024Notice sent out 4 Apr 2024Paperwork and notices§ 329
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 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Paperwork 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 at public hall, 1st story
Issued 15 Aug 2022Notice sent out 16 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
13 closed violations, plus 8 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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 the illegal fastening lockable eye and hasp at scuttle cover at exit to roof
Issued 1 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 25 Jun 2024Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 1 Apr 2024Violation closed 28 Apr 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2
Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective defective hinges at building entrance door, 1st story
Issued 29 Jan 2024Violation closed 15 Apr 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3
Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective inoperable hinges at vestibule door to public hall, 1st story
Issued 29 Jan 2024Violation closed 15 Apr 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3
Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for apartments vacate # 209570 for an apartment east 1
Issued 19 Aug 2022Violation closed 24 Jan 2023§ 27-2142
×3Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for apartments vacate #209570 for an apartment west 1
3 issued 19 Aug 2022Violation closed§ 27-2142
×2Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for apartments vacate #209570 for an apartment east 1
2 issued 19 Aug 2022Violation closed§ 27-2142
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east
Issued 15 Aug 2022Violation closed 24 Jan 2023§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 1st story at east
Issued 15 Aug 2022Violation closed 18 Jan 2023§ 27-2005 +1
Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... at ceiling at public hall
Issued 15 Aug 2022Violation closed 14 Dec 2022Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3
45 violations on record in total, 24 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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.
11 complaints in three years, 10 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise10 / 10
- Fire and safety equipment0 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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 filingBuilding 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.
No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to report.
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
SIEWDENG DING
Public records list SIEWDENG DING as the owner of record for this address as of 19 Aug 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
266 St Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
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.
- The city currently has 8 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.
- 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.
- This building dates from 1931 and has 2 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.
- 10 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. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 14 open housing violations: 8 immediately hazardous, 2 hazardous and 4 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (5), walls and ceilings (4) and roof and outside the building (3).
On 1 Apr 2024. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 3033200028 · Block 3320, Lot 28 · Building class C2