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698 Willoughby Avenue

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1905, in Brooklyn, NY 11206.

Addresses on the lot: 696 to 698 Willoughby Avenue.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

20open HPD violations8 immediately hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past yearnone about heat
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
August 2022latest housing court case5 cases on record, all years

698 Willoughby Avenue has 20 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to ISMIR REALTY INC.

Does 698 Willoughby Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 20 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most8
B, hazardous30 days8
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days4

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, 1 has been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, none 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 698 Willoughby Avenue?

698 Willoughby Avenue is registered with HPD to ISMIR REALTY INC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in August 2022. HPD’s record has 5 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

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

For comparison, 5% of residential buildings in 11206 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 698 Willoughby 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 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 3-01769-0030.