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1298 Dekalb Avenue

A 4-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1931, in Brooklyn, NY 11221.

Addresses on the lot: 1298 to 1300 De Kalb Avenue.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

15open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous
5complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
13rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years9 older

1298 Dekalb Avenue has 15 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 1298 DEKALB RESIDENCE LLC. 13 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1298 Dekalb Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 15 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most4
B, hazardous30 days2
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days9

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 1 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 1298 Dekalb Avenue?

1298 Dekalb Avenue is registered with HPD to 1298 DEKALB RESIDENCE LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 9 older cases, the latest from 2017.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 5% of residential buildings in 11221 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1298 Dekalb Avenue rent stabilized?

13 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 15 in 2018. That’s 13 of the building’s 20 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 3-03243-0032.