188 Marcy Avenue

A 21-story building with 348 apartments, built in 1963, in Brooklyn, NY 11211.

Addresses on the lot: 221 to 227 Division Avenue, 253 to 255 Havemeyer Street, 188 to 190 Marcy Avenue.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

8open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous

16complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

December 2025latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

188 Marcy Avenue has 8 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 16 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered to WILLIAMSBURG HOUSING PRESERVATION, LP.

Does 188 Marcy Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 8 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	4
B, hazardous	30 days	4
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	0

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 3 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 16 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 4 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 188 Marcy Avenue?

188 Marcy Avenue is registered with HPD to WILLIAMSBURG HOUSING PRESERVATION, LP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

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

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in December 2025. HPD’s record has 3 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 13 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 4% of residential buildings in 11211 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 188 Marcy 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.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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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 3-02141-0019.