273 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn

115 open housing-code violations and 29 Class C hazards sit on the building's active file.

For a 35-unit building, 115 open housing-code violations is a heavy load. 29 of those open items sit in the Class C immediately-hazardous tier, covering missing self-closing doors, roof leaks, and unaddressed plaster damage. Three things to know:

29 Class C hazards remain open, including broken vestibule locks and entry doors. Active citations include 29 Class C hazards. Summer 2026 inspection entries highlight missing or broken self-closing apartment entrance doors and a broken mortise lock on the first-floor vestibule door, directly affecting access control.

Roof leaks and pipe failures continue to damage ceilings and public hallways. Recent code citations detail ongoing water intrusion across multiple floors, ranging from an active roof leak dripping into the 6th-floor public hall to leaking supply pipes and ceiling plaster damage in third- and fourth-floor apartments.

12 food establishment complaints within three blocks point to potential venting drift. Neighbors within three blocks filed 12 food establishment complaints in the last year, covering issues that frequently stem from restaurant exhaust, kitchen fumes, or shared riser venting in mixed-use corridors.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 170 illegal parking complaints within three blocks last year, concentrated around commercial overnight parking and blocked hydrants
• 152 residential noise calls within three blocks last year, predominantly for loud music and parties

273 Gates Avenue is a 35-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3019740051). This building is associated with New York Housing Development Corporation. Brix tracks 113 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1920, this elevator apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 894 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Heat/hot Water: 305 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 153 complaints
• Door/window: 88 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 78 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed September 27, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY , THE 1st ROOM FROM N

The building last changed hands on May 22, 2015, according to recorded deeds.

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