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161 Utica Avenue

A 4-story building with 23 apartments, built in 1910, in Brooklyn, NY 11213.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

60open HPD violations8 immediately hazardous
62complaints to HPD, past year26 about heat or hot water
20rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
October 2025latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

161 Utica Avenue has 60 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 62 complaints to HPD in the past year, 26 about heat or hot water. It is registered to CH 161 LLC. 20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 161 Utica Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 60 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most8
B, hazardous30 days35
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days17

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, 17 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 62 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 26 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 161 Utica Avenue?

161 Utica Avenue is registered with HPD to CH 161 LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in October 2025. HPD’s record has 12 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 161 Utica Avenue rent stabilized?

20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 19 in 2018. That’s 20 of the building’s 23 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 3-01361-0001.