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5217 13th Avenue

A 4-story building with 21 apartments, built in 1926, in Brooklyn, NY 11219.

Addresses on the lot: 1301 to 1311 53rd Street.

HPD records as of November 6, 2026

34open HPD violations6 immediately hazardous
36complaints to HPD, past year12 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

5217 13th Avenue has 34 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the past year, 12 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 5217 13TH LLC.

Does 5217 13th Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 34 open violations as of November 6, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most6
B, hazardous30 days18
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days10

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, 26 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 6, 2026, 12 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 5217 13th Avenue?

5217 13th Avenue is registered with HPD to 5217 13TH 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 2013.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 11219 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 5217 13th 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.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 3-05663-0001.