294 Schaefer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1920 · 2-story walk-up · 10 apartments
4 open violations, none immediately hazardous.
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- 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 3 | 0 |
Plus 6 violations from 1983 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Leaks and plumbing 4
- Walls and ceilings 3
- Doors and windows 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.4 (4 open across 10 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 30 Aug 2026 (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 violationHazardous4 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 1st room from north, 5th story at west
Issued 30 Aug 2026Civ14 mailed 7 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
×2Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling in the 1st room from north, 5th story at west
2 issued 30 Aug 2026Civ14 mailedLeaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from east at south, 5th story at south
Issued 23 Apr 2025Not complied with 16 Dec 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
10 closed violations, plus 8 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.
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at east wall in the 1st room from east, 5th story at south
Issued 16 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Refit terrace door at east in the 1st room from east, 5th story at south
Issued 16 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling and east wall in the 1st room from east, 5th story at south
Issued 16 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the 1st room from east, 5th story at south
Issued 16 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
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 100 watts minimum
Issued 6 May 1999Violation closed 16 Dec 2025Electrical§ 27-2040
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 & west court.
Issued 6 Dec 1983Violation dismissed 22 Apr 2025Electrical§ D26-19.07
Discontinue unlawful cooking space or file plans and application with this department to legalize same, if lawfully feasible, cellar rear.
Issued 6 Dec 1983Violation dismissed 22 Apr 2025§ D26-32.01
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration water closet & wash basin installed cellar center.
Issued 6 Dec 1983Violation dismissed 22 Apr 2025§ 300
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood stud & sheetrock partitions installed.
Issued 6 Dec 1983Violation dismissed 22 Apr 2025§ 300
File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.
Issued 4 Sept 1984Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1
22 violations on record in total, 4 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.
44 complaints in three years, 12 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise2 / 31
- Mold and damp5 / 5
- Doors and windows3 / 3
- Construction and illegal work0 / 2
- Leaks and plumbing1 / 2
- Fire and safety equipment1 / 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.
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 permit currently in force. 7 permits filed in the last five years.
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General Construction
PROPOSED VERTICAL EXTENSION ON EXISTING 2 STORY BUILDING, PROPOSING 4 STORY PLUS PENTHOUSE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TOTAL OF 10 APARTMENTS.
Issued 29 Oct 2024Expired 1 Jun 2025
Foundation · General Construction · Structural
STRUCTURAL/ FOUNDATION WORK TYPES FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALTERATION CO/NB JOB NUMBER:B08041320-I1, FOUR (4) STORY BUILDING WITH PENTHOUSE, AND TOTAL OF TEN (10) CLASS A APARTMENTS,
Issued 15 Aug 2024Expired 21 Oct 2024
Construction Fence
INSTALL 8'-0 HEIGHT WOOD TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION JOB NUMBER# B08041320.
Issued 3 Jun 2024Expired 20 Oct 2024
Mechanical Systems
Install mechanical systems subsequent to B08041320.
Issued 3 Jun 2024Expired 20 Oct 2024
Sidewalk Shed
INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
Issued 8 Mar 2024Expired 5 Nov 2024
Sprinklers
Install sprinkler systems subsequent to GC job.
Issued 7 Mar 2024Expired 7 Mar 2025
Plumbing
Install plumbing systems subsequent to GC job.
Issued 23 Jan 2024Expired 23 Jan 2025
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 (2024 report)
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- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 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
HERMAN ASKAL
Public records list HERMAN ASKAL as the registered managing agent for this address as of 26 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
294 SCHAEFER LLC
Public records list 294 SCHAEFER LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 26 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
294 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 has 4 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
- There were 5 mould complaints here in the last twelve months. 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.
- Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 1 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 4 open housing violations: 0 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 leaks and plumbing (4), walls and ceilings (3) and doors and windows (1).
On 30 Aug 2026. 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 3034310027 · Block 3431, Lot 27 · Building class C1