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388 Woodbine Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

15 immediately hazardous violations open. 41 open in all.

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

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202400
2025210
2026 so far33

Plus 27 violations from 2019 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 8
  • Heat and hot water 6
  • Appliances 3
Open per apartment
6.8 (41 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
9 Sept 2026 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 3 days, and inspectors issued 6 violations.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26386

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 hazardous15 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.

  • Remove the illegal fastening slide bolt with eye capable of being padlock at bulkhead door at east leading to roof. at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Sept 2026Notice sent out 10 Sept 2026Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass wire mesh pane at skylight at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Sept 2026Notice sent out 10 Sept 2026Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch set boiler room door at cellar

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • ×2Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    2 issued 23 Sept 2021 to 7 Oct 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenantPests§ 27-2017.4

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at latch set assembly at door leading to cellar, at north wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Notice sent out 7 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at gas range in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 5 Oct 2025Notice sent out 5 Oct 2025Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system lock door at boiler room, 1st story

    Issued 3 Oct 2025Notice sent out 6 Oct 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

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

    Issued 16 Apr 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 16 Apr 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

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

    Issued 23 Sept 2021Notice of issuance sent to tenant 26 Sept 2021Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • 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 1st story public hall and outside door of the boiler room at cellar

    Issued 28 Jan 2021Notice sent out 31 Jan 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

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  • 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 in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice sent out 19 Jul 2020Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice of issuance sent to tenant 19 Jul 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice of issuance sent to tenant 19 Jul 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • 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 6 Nov 2019Notice sent out 7 Nov 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous21 open

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

  • Refit bulkhead door at east at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Sept 2026Notice sent out 10 Sept 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit boiler door at cellar

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Notice sent out 8 Oct 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules that is missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 5 Oct 2025Notice sent out 5 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations that is missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 5 Oct 2025Notice sent out 5 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling and south wall at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 5 Oct 2025Notice sent out 5 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 5 Oct 2025Notice sent out 5 Oct 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at gas range in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 3 Oct 2025Notice sent out 6 Oct 2025Appliances§ 27-2070

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

    Issued 16 Apr 2025Notice sent out 16 Apr 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 16 Apr 2025Notice sent out 16 Apr 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 23 Sept 2021Notice sent out 26 Sept 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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  • Properly repair the broken or defective intercom sysytem in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 23 Sept 2021Notice sent out 26 Sept 2021Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Provide a safe and adequate supply of electric service to the fixtures light at the ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 23 Sept 2021Notice sent out 26 Sept 2021Electrical§ 27-2037

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

    Issued 23 Sept 2021Notice sent out 26 Sept 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items and bikes at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Jan 2021Notice sent out 31 Jan 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wash basin base cabinet water damage in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice sent out 19 Jul 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective base cabinet wood water damage at south in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice sent out 19 Jul 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective door frame rotted wood unpainted. in the entrance, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice sent out 19 Jul 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice sent out 19 Jul 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling, north wall in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice sent out 19 Jul 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening device (slide bolt with hasp and catch arranged to be padlocked) at bulkhead door leading to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 6 Nov 2019Notice sent out 7 Nov 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of bicycles and household items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 6 Nov 2019Notice sent out 7 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

Non-hazardous5 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 at north and east wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Sept 2026Notice sent out 10 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at east and north wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Sept 2026Notice sent out 10 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • 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 9 Sept 2026Notice sent out 10 Sept 2026Super and management§ 27-2053

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the kitchen, the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 23 Sept 2021Notice sent out 26 Sept 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Notice sent out 19 Jul 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices27 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.

  • ×2Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in private dwellings that is missing

    2 issued 5 Oct 2025 to 9 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +2

  • ×3Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    3 issued 28 Jan 2021 to 9 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • ×2Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mailbox that is missing at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 5 Oct 2025 to 9 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +1

  • ×2Post, 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

    2 issued 5 Oct 2025 to 9 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • ×2Dept. 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 that is missing at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 5 Oct 2025 to 9 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 329

  • ×2Post 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

    2 issued 5 Oct 2025 to 9 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×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, 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

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Notice sent out 7 Oct 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • 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.

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Notice sent out 7 Oct 2025Paperwork 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 28 Jan 2021Notice sent out 31 Jan 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

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  • 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 28 Jan 2021Notice sent out 31 Jan 2021Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing from wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Jan 2021Notice sent out 31 Jan 2021Paperwork 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 from wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Jan 2021Notice sent out 31 Jan 2021Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • 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.

    Issued 28 Jan 2021Notice sent out 31 Jan 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 6 Nov 2019Notice sent out 7 Nov 2019Paperwork and notices§ 329

13 closed violations, plus 10 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at hinges in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Violation closed 30 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 1st story at north

    Issued 5 Oct 2025Violation closed 24 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • ×2Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    2 issued 5 Oct 2025Violation closedHeat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Violation dismissed 26 Oct 2025Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 3 Oct 2025Violation closed 26 Oct 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 7 Oct 2025Violation dismissed 25 Oct 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at bulkhead leading to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 6 Nov 2019Violation closed 28 Jan 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling 20 square feet in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Violation closed 26 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at the ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Violation closed 26 Aug 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at the ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Violation closed 26 Aug 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling 25 square feet in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Violation closed 26 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor trip hazard in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 19 Jul 2020Violation closed 26 Aug 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

91 violations on record in total, 68 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.

33 complaints in three years, 15 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water0 / 8
  • Doors and windows6 / 6
  • Fire and safety equipment4 / 6
  • Cooking gas0 / 4
  • Roof and outside the building2 / 2
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 2
  • Pests0 / 2
  • Walls and ceilings1 / 1
  • Construction and illegal work0 / 1
  • Paperwork and notices1 / 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 20 Nov 2025

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 27 Apr 2020

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.

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 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

    ISSAC MATYAS

    Public records list ISSAC MATYAS as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    WOODBINE GARDENS REALTY

    Public records list WOODBINE GARDENS REALTY as the owner of record for this address as of 23 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

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 15 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  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. 27 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.
  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

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