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79 Woodruff Avenue

A 4-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1915, in Brooklyn, NY 11226.

Addresses on the lot: 65 to 79 Woodruff Avenue.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

5open HPD violations1 hazardous
6complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
20rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
September 2025latest housing court case5 cases on record, all years

79 Woodruff Avenue has 5 open HPD violations. Tenants made 6 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to WOODRUFF 79 LLC. 20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 79 Woodruff Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 5 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 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days4

No class C violation is open. 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments have one. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 5 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 6 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 1 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 79 Woodruff Avenue?

79 Woodruff Avenue is registered with HPD to WOODRUFF 79 LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

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

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2025. HPD’s record has 5 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, 12% of residential buildings in 11226 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 79 Woodruff Avenue rent stabilized?

20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 20 of the building’s 20 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 3-05053-0001.