1505 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
No open housing violations.
- Tenant reviews
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- Open violations
- None openNo open housing violations on record.
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
None issued since 2022. 17 violations before that, the first in 2014.
See every violation- Inspector last found a problem
- 19 May 2019 (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.
Tenant reviews
Tenant-reportedNo tenant reviews yet. Lived here? Be the first.
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 violationNothing open. 25 violations in the record, all of them closed.
17 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 all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 20 Apr 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of aircondition installed without braket at 2nd story window at building front south yard
Issued 19 May 2019Violation dismissed 12 Sept 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 1st room from north upper level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the recess of 2nd window from east at south in the 1st room from north upper level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the 2nd room from north lower level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the kitchen lower level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the kitchen lower level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling above staircase in the private hallway upper level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the stool at 1st and 2nd windows from east at south in the 1st room from north upper level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock at entrance door of room leading to fire escape window in the 1st room from north lower level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Arrange and make self-closing the doors in the entrance, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... at stool (approx. 1 sq. ft.) of 1st window from east at south in the 1st room from north upper level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 2nd room from north lower level, 3rd story at east
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 4 Jul 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 9 Apr 2019Violation closed 19 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of rodents rats, in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 7 Sept 2014Violation dismissed 30 Nov 2014Pests§ 27-2018
25 violations on record in total, 0 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.
10 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.
- Pests2 / 3
- Noise0 / 2
- Other1 / 2
- Appliances0 / 1
- Doors and windows0 / 1
- Mold and damp0 / 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.
6 cases, all closed.
Comprehensive
Opened 28 Aug 2008
Tenant Action
Opened 2 Mar 2007
Tenant Action
Opened 12 Jan 2007
Tenant Action
Opened 10 May 2006
Tenant Action
Opened 2 May 2006
Tenant Action
Opened 5 Jul 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 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.
- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
Show 4 earlier reportsShow fewer
- 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 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 and managing agent
BRUCE MARKS LLC
Public records list BRUCE MARKS LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 25 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
1505 Gates 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 recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2019, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
- There were 2 pest complaints 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.
- 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
No. HPD lists no open housing violations here. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
On 19 May 2019. 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 3033360029 · Block 3336, Lot 29 · Building class C2