311 Schaefer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1906 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
5 immediately hazardous violations open. 9 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 95 · 4
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 13 violations from 2010 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 7
- Lead paint 3
- Doors and windows 1
- Open per apartment
- 1.5 (9 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 21 Oct 2024 (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.
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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 filingThe owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.
It is listed under a tax-benefit program (421-a or J-51). Stabilization that comes from one of these can end when the benefit does, so ask when it expires.
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 violationImmediately hazardous5 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.
Abate the nuisance consisting of non-fire retardant fiberglass installed on 1st door to enter the building from street at public hall, 1st story
Issued 21 Oct 2024Notice sent out 23 Oct 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.
Issued 19 Aug 2024Notice sent out 9 Oct 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7
Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.
Issued 19 Aug 2024Notice sent out 9 Oct 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.4
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 3rd story at south
Issued 22 Mar 2024Notice sent out 24 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock at door to fire escape window in the 4th room from north at east, 3rd story at south
Issued 22 Mar 2024Notice sent out 24 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Hazardous4 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 21 Oct 2024Notice sent out 22 Oct 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2
Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods at fire escape at building front
Issued 22 Mar 2024Notice sent out 24 Mar 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south
Issued 22 Mar 2024Notice certified late 15 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south
Issued 22 Mar 2024Notice certified late 15 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Paperwork and notices1 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.
File 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.
Issued 5 May 2026Notice sent out 4 May 2026Paperwork and notices
15 closed violations, plus 11 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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.
Abate the nuisance consisting of drop ladder obstructing by fence at fire escape at building front
Issued 22 Mar 2024Violation closed 4 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 22 Mar 2024Violation dismissed 23 Jul 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department window frame at east wall in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at east
Issued 1 Apr 2015Violation dismissed 16 Sept 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2013
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at east wall (four square feet) in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at east
Issued 1 Apr 2015Violation closed 3 Jun 2015Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east
Issued 1 Apr 2015Violation closed 3 Jun 2015Pests§ 27-2018
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color north wall in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at east
Issued 1 Apr 2015Violation closed 3 Jun 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at east
Issued 1 Apr 2015Violation closed 3 Jun 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the roof so that it will not leak at the ceiling in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at east
Issued 1 Apr 2015Violation closed 16 Apr 2015Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at south wall in the 4th room from north at east, 3rd story at south
Issued 26 Sept 2013Violation closed 18 Nov 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at window frame 2 square feet in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at south
Issued 26 Sept 2013Violation closed 18 Nov 2013Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at window frame 2 square feet in the 4th room from north at west, 3rd story at south
Issued 26 Sept 2013Violation closed 18 Nov 2013Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at south wall in the 4th room from north at east, 3rd story at south
Issued 26 Sept 2013Violation closed 18 Nov 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department..ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 2 Apr 2010Violation closed 18 Nov 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fireretarded plaster at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 2 Apr 2010Violation closed 18 Nov 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Replace with new the broken or defective upper glass pane at fire escape window in the 1st room from east at north, 3rd story at east
Issued 2 Apr 2010Violation closed 18 Nov 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005
36 violations on record in total, 10 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.
12 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise0 / 10
- Mold and damp0 / 1
- Fire and safety equipment0 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
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.
1 case, all closed.
Heat and Hot Water
Opened 14 Nov 2011
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.
- 2025No infested units reported (2023 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.
Owner of record and managing agent
GLORIA CASANOVA
Public records list GLORIA CASANOVA as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 12 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
HERIBERTO CASANOVA
Public records list HERIBERTO CASANOVA as the owner of record for this address as of 12 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
311 Schaefer Street, 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 currently has 5 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.
- The city recorded 3 mould violations here, most recently in 2015, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
- 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.
- This building dates from 1906 and has 3 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.
- 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 9 open housing violations: 5 immediately hazardous, 4 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (7), lead paint (3) and doors and windows (1).
On 21 Oct 2024. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
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.
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