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1320 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1914 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

6 immediately hazardous violations open. 22 open in all. 1 Housing Court case pending. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
226 · 16
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202400
202590
2026 so far40

Plus 9 violations from 1985 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 5
  • Pests 4
  • Walls and ceilings 2
Open per apartment
3.7 (22 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
1 Apr 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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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 hazardous6 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.

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

    2 issued 27 Jul 2025 to 1 Apr 2026Notice of issuance sent to tenantPests§ 27-2017.4

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at ceiling at vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 27 Jul 2025Notice sent out 29 Jul 2025Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating the pest infestations, by using integrated pest management (ipm), eliminate all burrow entry and passageways, pest nests, holes, gaps or cracks in walls, ceilings, floors, fixing leaks and managing garbage in public areas. evidence found at... in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 2 Jun 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 2 Jun 2025Pests§ 27-2017 +6

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

    Issued 2 Jun 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 2 Jun 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of rodents rats at cellar

    Issued 5 Aug 2015Notice sent out 6 Aug 2015Pests§ 27-2018

Hazardous16 open

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

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective light fixture at ceiling in the 4th room from east, 1st story at east

    Issued 1 Apr 2026Notice sent out 5 Apr 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 1 Apr 2026Notice sent out 5 Apr 2026Walls and ceilings§ 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 east

    Issued 1 Apr 2026Notice sent out 5 Apr 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

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

    Issued 27 Jul 2025Notice sent out 29 Jul 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 defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 27 Jul 2025Notice sent out 29 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

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

    Issued 2 Jun 2025Notice sent out 2 Jun 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 2 Jun 2025Notice sent out 2 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 2 Jun 2025Notice sent out 2 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 5 Aug 2015Notice sent out 6 Aug 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperable, 1st story at east

    Issued 5 Aug 2015Notice sent out 6 Aug 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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  • Abate the nuisance consisting of antenna wires across roof in line with egress to rear fire escape.

    Issued 30 Jul 1997Not complied with 17 Nov 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing lock and assembly front door entrance to building.

    Issued 30 Jul 1997Not complied with 17 Nov 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes all balconies rear.

    Issued 30 Jul 1997Not complied with 17 Nov 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes 3 sty balcony rear.

    Issued 8 Oct 1985Not complied with 17 Nov 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead dooar to roof.

    Issued 1 Oct 1985Not complied with 17 Nov 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Replace with new the missing fire proof self closing door bottom of cellar stair enclosure.

    Issued 1 Oct 1985Not complied with 17 Nov 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

Paperwork and notices8 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.

  • ×4File 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.

    4 issued 23 Mar 2023 to 4 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • 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 27 Jul 2025Notice sent out 29 Jul 2025Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×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

    2 issued 2 Jun 2025 to 27 Jul 2025Notice sent outPaperwork 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 2 Jun 2025Notice sent out 2 Jun 2025Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

42 violations on record in total, 30 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.

11 complaints in three years, 4 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Pests2 / 6
  • Electrical1 / 1
  • Floors and stairs0 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 1
  • Walls and ceilings1 / 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.

1 case pending, 0 closed.

  • Tenant ActionPending

    Opened 28 Jul 2026

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.

  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 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

    PAOLA RIZZUTO

    Public records list PAOLA RIZZUTO as the registered managing agent for this address as of 7 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (4 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    JOSEPH RIZZUTO FAMILY MARITAL DEDUCTION TRUST

    Public records list JOSEPH RIZZUTO FAMILY MARITAL DEDUCTION TRUST as the owner of record for this address as of 7 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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

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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 6 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. HPD has 1 case pending against the owner in Housing Court (tenant action). Ask what it is about and whether the work has been done.
  3. 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 2022). 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.
  4. 8 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 3034130030 · Block 3413, Lot 30 · Building class C2