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265 Hawthorne Street

A 6-story building with 71 apartments, built in 1963, in Brooklyn, NY 11225.

Addresses on the lot: 259 to 269 Hawthorne Street.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

2open HPD violations2 hazardous
8complaints to HPD, past year3 about heat or hot water
7rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
October 2024latest housing court case7 cases on record, all years

265 Hawthorne Street has 2 open HPD violations. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year, 3 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 265 HAWTHORNE STREET HDFC. 7 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 265 Hawthorne Street have open violations?

Yes: 2 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days2
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

No class C violation is open. 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments have one. More on buildings by size

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 3 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 265 Hawthorne Street?

265 Hawthorne Street is registered with HPD to 265 HAWTHORNE STREET HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in October 2024. HPD’s record has 7 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 11225 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 265 Hawthorne Street rent stabilized?

7 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 70 in 2018. That’s 7 of the building’s 71 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 3-05044-0063.