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1214 Avenue K

A 4-story building with 38 apartments, built in 1923, in Brooklyn, NY 11230.

Addresses on the lot: 1214 to 1224 Avenue K.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

146open HPD violations46 immediately hazardous
4complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water
38rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years8 older

1214 Avenue K has 146 open HPD violations, 46 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Est. Ena Mavis Simpson-Griffin. 38 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1214 Avenue K have open violations?

Yes: 146 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most46
B, hazardous30 days85
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days15

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 1 has been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 4 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 1214 Avenue K?

1214 Avenue K is registered with HPD to Est. Ena Mavis Simpson-Griffin. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 8 older cases, the latest from 2019.

City marshals carried out 4 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11230 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1214 Avenue K rent stabilized?

38 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 38 of the building’s 38 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 24, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 3-06723-0006.