1478 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
11 open violations, none immediately hazardous.
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- Open violations
- 118 · 3
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
None issued since 2022. 11 violations before that, the first in 1983.
See every violation- Open per apartment
- 1.8 (11 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 16 Nov 2010 (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
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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 violationHazardous8 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
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 ***minimumof 100 watts of incandescent light required***
Issued 16 Nov 2010Notice sent out 16 Nov 2010Electrical§ 27-2040
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 200 watts required
Issued 4 Apr 2005Notice sent out 5 Apr 2005Electrical§ 27-2040
Replace with new the missing drain pipe roof to rear yard.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 20 Mar 1983Leaks and plumbing§ D26-10.01
Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures kitchen and bathroom 3 sty an apartment.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 20 Mar 1983Heat and hot water§ D26-17.07
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 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 20 Mar 1983Electrical§ D26-19.07
Replace with new the missing ceiling electric fixture kitchen 3 sty an apartment.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 20 Mar 1983Electrical§ D26-10.01
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 50 watts bldg front.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 20 Mar 1983Electrical§ D26-19.07
Remove all encumbrances consisting of ladder and toys 3 sty pub hall.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 20 Mar 1983Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1
Non-hazardous3 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.
Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches roaches visible 3rd sty an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Pests§ D26-13.03
Refit bulkhead roof.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01
Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electric wiring 3rd sty an apartment front room., section '' ''
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Electrical§ D26-10.01
Paperwork and notices2 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 wall near stairs all stys pub hall.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Paperwork and notices§ D26-21.03
Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing.
Issued 25 Feb 1983Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Paperwork and notices§ D26-20.08
21 violations on record in total, 13 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.
No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.
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.
- 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 2 earlier reportsShow fewer
- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2022 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.
Registered managing agent
1478 GATES AVE TA
Public records list 1478 GATES AVE TA as the registered managing agent for this address as of 27 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
1478 GATES AVE. TENANTS ASSOC.
Public records list 1478 GATES AVE. TENANTS ASSOC. as the owner of record for this address as of 27 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
HPD
Public records list HPD as the owner of record for this address as of 27 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
1478 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 has 8 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 11 open housing violations: 0 immediately hazardous, 8 hazardous and 3 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
On 16 Nov 2010. 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 3033440024 · Block 3344, Lot 24 · Building class C2