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187 Rochester Avenue

A 4-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1910, in Brooklyn, NY 11213.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

24open HPD violations9 immediately hazardous
14complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
18rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years5 older

187 Rochester Avenue has 24 open HPD violations, 9 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 14 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to JSEV REALTY LLC. 18 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 187 Rochester Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 24 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most9
B, hazardous30 days12
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days3

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, 10 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 14 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 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 187 Rochester Avenue?

187 Rochester Avenue is registered with HPD to JSEV REALTY 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 5 older cases, the latest from 2011.

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 187 Rochester Avenue rent stabilized?

18 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 18 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 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 3-01368-0003.