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1280 St Johns Place

A 4-story building with 76 apartments, built in 1919, in Brooklyn, NY 11213.

Addresses on the lot: 1280 St Johns Place, 1284 St Johns Place, 1288 St Johns Place, 1292 St Johns Place.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

35open HPD violations12 immediately hazardous
155complaints to HPD, past year99 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
October 2026latest housing court case25 cases on record, all years

1280 St Johns Place has 35 open HPD violations, 12 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 155 complaints to HPD in the past year, 99 about heat or hot water. It is registered to ST JOHNS I ASSOCIATES LP.

Does 1280 St Johns Place have open violations?

Yes: 35 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most12
B, hazardous30 days18
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days5

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 111 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 155 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 99 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 1280 St Johns Place?

1280 St Johns Place is registered with HPD to ST JOHNS I ASSOCIATES LP. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

3 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in October 2026. HPD’s record has 25 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11213 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1280 St Johns Place rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 5, 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 3-01383-0015.