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159 Halsey St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-01838-0053

En español: 19 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 81 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 10 años abierta, desde el 8 de septiembre de 2016.

Certifications are being filed faster than new violations come in. 10 certifications filed against 3 new Class C in the last 180 days.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 10 years, since September 8, 2016.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 3 Class C violations: 2 by the original certify-by date, 1 after it. How certification works

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19 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed September 8, 2016.

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DOB violations
2 active DOB violations. The newest was issued May 31, 2022.
Boiler inspection
Inspected December 12, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed January 6, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).
HPD emergency repair orders
2 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $4,340 in total. The most recent of the 2, a general construction order, was opened May 7, 2025.

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C19 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Fire SafetyNotice sent19128793159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent19128791159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent18874852159 HAL MA LTD
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18085024
Notice sent18068693
Notice sent18068690
Notice sent18068689
Notice sent18058726
Notice sent18058725
Notice sent18058718
The report lists all 19, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B62 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19144776159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent19144773159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent19128794159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent19128792159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent19128790159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent19128788159 HAL MA LTD
False certification19024556159 HAL MA LTD
False certification19012355159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent18874851159 HAL MA LTD
Notice sent18874850159 HAL MA LTD
The report lists all 62, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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The most common category among the open records here is vermin and pests.

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Questions about this building

Does 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn had 81 open violations on September 27, 2026: 81 from HPD. 19 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 10 years, since September 8, 2016.

Is 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Certifications are being filed faster than new violations come in. 10 certifications filed against 3 new Class C in the last 180 days. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 3 Class C violations: 2 by the original certify-by date, 1 after it. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Does 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 2 active DOB violations. The newest was issued May 31, 2022. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn marked completed?

Yes. 2 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $4,340 in total. The most recent of the 2, a general construction order, was opened May 7, 2025. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.

When was the boiler at 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn last inspected?

On December 12, 2025. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On January 6, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1895 as the year 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up apartment building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 16 residential units at 159 Halsey Street, Brooklyn. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 159 Halsey St, Brooklyn: 19 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/159-halsey-street-brooklyn

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