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1515 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1916 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 13 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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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

None issued since 2022. 14 violations before that, the first in 1983.

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Open per apartment
2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
1 Apr 1998 (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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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.

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

The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.

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 hazardous3 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 double cylinder key operated lock installed entrance door 3 sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 3 Jan 1990Notice sent out 5 Feb 1990Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide ready access to building's heating system cellar door locked 1st sty public hal to cellar.

    Issued 13 Dec 1983Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to building's heating system 1st sty public hall and boiler room door.

    Issued 13 Dec 1983Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10

Hazardous7 open

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

  • Replace with new the missing hand hole covers at clean out plugs of sewage pit at front cellar.

    Issued 1 Apr 1998Not complied with 31 Mar 1998Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock 3 sty rear an apartment entrance., section '' ''

    Issued 31 Dec 1989Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 1 sty north east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Jan 1986Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 1 sty north east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Jan 1986Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead door.

    Issued 16 Jul 1985Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 2nd story east apartment

    Issued 16 Jul 1985Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • 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 13 Dec 1983Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.07

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.

  • Rearrange television and/or radio antenna to be at least 10 feet above roof and not attached to any fire escape or soil or vent line 3 sty balcony rear.

    Issued 16 Jul 1985Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 62

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass at roof skylight.

    Issued 16 Jul 1985Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint rear west fire escape all stacks.

    Issued 13 Dec 1983Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-12.03

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 9 Apr 2021 to 5 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    Issued 20 Nov 2025Info notice sent out 19 Nov 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing.

    Issued 16 Jul 1985Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ D26-20.08

  • 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 16 Jul 1985Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ D26-41.15

  • 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.

    Issued 16 Jul 1985Notice sent out 10 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ 329

1 closed violation, plus 6 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.

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.

    Issued 16 Jul 1985Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1

30 violations on record in total, 23 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.

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 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.

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 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.

  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2025 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.

  • Owner of record

    ERASMO QUEZADA

    Public records list ERASMO QUEZADA as the owner of record for this address as of 6 Sept 2024. 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 3 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 2020). 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. 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. The building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
  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 3033860060 · Block 3386, Lot 60 · Building class C2