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1645 Ralph Avenue

A 3-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1950, in Brooklyn, NY 11236.

Addresses on the lot: 1645 to 1669 Ralph Avenue.

HPD records as of November 6, 2026

24open HPD violations9 immediately hazardous
19complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

1645 Ralph Avenue has 24 open HPD violations, 9 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 19 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BEN DAVID ENTERPRISES LLC.

Does 1645 Ralph Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 24 open violations as of November 6, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most9
B, hazardous30 days8
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days7

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, 7 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 19 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 6, 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 1645 Ralph Avenue?

1645 Ralph Avenue is registered with HPD to BEN DAVID ENTERPRISES 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 1 older case, the latest from 2021.

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

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11236 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1645 Ralph Avenue 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 6, 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 3-07981-7501.