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709 Dekalb Avenue

A 5-story building with 29 apartments, built in 1911, in Brooklyn, NY 11216.

Addresses on the lot: 709 De Kalb Avenue.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

77open HPD violations34 immediately hazardous
29complaints to HPD, past year6 about heat or hot water
14rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2018
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years8 older

709 Dekalb Avenue has 77 open HPD violations, 34 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 29 complaints to HPD in the past year, 6 about heat or hot water. It is registered to DEKALB MARCY ESTATES, LLC. 14 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018.

Does 709 Dekalb Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 77 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most34
B, hazardous30 days36
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days7

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, 7 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 29 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 6 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 709 Dekalb Avenue?

709 Dekalb Avenue is registered with HPD to DEKALB MARCY ESTATES, LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 8 older cases, the latest from 2021.

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

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11216 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 709 Dekalb Avenue rent stabilized?

14 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018. That’s 14 of the building’s 29 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 3-01775-0064.