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1444 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

7 immediately hazardous violations open. 22 open in all.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 26 violations before that, the first in 1990.

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Open per apartment
3.7 (22 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
12 Jul 2017 (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

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 hazardous7 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.

  • 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, at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 18 Nov 2015Notice sent out 19 Nov 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

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

    Issued 18 Nov 2015Notice sent out 19 Nov 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 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 south at west wall in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 30 Jun 2008Defect letter issued 4 Jan 2011Lead 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, east wall, west wall in the 1st room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 30 Jun 2008Defect letter issued 4 Jan 2011Lead 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, east wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 30 Jun 2008Defect letter issued 4 Jan 2011Lead 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) 1st door frame from west at north wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 30 Jun 2008Defect letter issued 4 Jan 2011Lead 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) 1st door frame from south at west wall, west wall in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 30 Jun 2008Defect letter issued 4 Jan 2011Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous11 open

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

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal bottom of basin cabinet in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 16 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Aug 2016Notice sent out 17 Aug 2016Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of bedbugs in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Aug 2016Notice sent out 17 Aug 2016Pests§ 27-2018

  • 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 a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required. (light fixture present)

    Issued 1 Jun 2016Notice sent out 5 Jun 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Nov 2015Notice sent out 19 Nov 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Nov 2015Notice sent out 19 Nov 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 13 Oct 2015Notice sent out 14 Oct 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 13 Oct 2015Notice sent out 14 Oct 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 3 sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 20 Sept 1990First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Jan 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +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.

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

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser from east at south wall in the 3rd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation, 1st riser from east at south wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 14 Jun 2010Not complied with 4 Jan 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation, 1st riser from west at north wall in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 14 Jun 2010Not complied with 4 Jan 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

Paperwork and notices5 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 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 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Paperwork 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 missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Notice sent out 13 Jul 2017Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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 missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 Oct 2015Notice sent out 6 Oct 2015Paperwork and notices§ 329

4 closed violations, plus 12 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.

  • 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) north wall in the 3rd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 12 Jul 2017Violation closed 6 Oct 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Nov 2015Violation dismissed 26 Sept 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Replace with new the broken or defective interior glass at window lower sash in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Nov 2015Violation closed 24 Nov 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower sash glass pane at 1st window from north at east in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 13 Oct 2015Violation closed 24 Nov 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005

43 violations on record in total, 27 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.

1 complaint in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise1 / 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.

2 cases, all closed.

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 14 Dec 2015

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 24 May 2010

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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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    TRUE MANAGEMENT

    Public records list TRUE MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 1 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (5 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    1444 GATES AVE REALTY LLC

    Public records list 1444 GATES AVE REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 1 Sept 2025. 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 7 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. 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 5 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.
  4. 5 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 3033440012 · Block 3344, Lot 12 · Building class C2