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31 Decatur St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-01855-0066

En español: 18 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 42 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 2 años abierta, desde el 4 de diciembre de 2023.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 2 years, since December 4, 2023.

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18 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed December 4, 2023.

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Housing court
2 open housing court cases, most of them access warrants for lead. The newest opened August 4, 2025.
HPD emergency repair order
1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 29, 2023: a general construction order, opened January 9, 2024, awarded for $360.

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C18 open most often Fire Safety
Fire SafetyNotice sent18246551
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18246550
Fire SafetyNotice sent17762346
Notice sent17762345
Lead PaintNotice sent16610831
Lead PaintNotice sent16610830
Fire SafetyNotice sent16610548
Fire SafetyNotice sent16610546
Fire SafetyNotice sent16601472
Fire SafetyNotice sent16601471
The report lists all 18, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B23 open
Notice sent17762347
Notice sent16610812
Notice sent16610550
Notice sent16601470
Notice sent16601469
Notice sent16601467
Notice sent16601465
Notice sent16601463
Notice sent16503032
Notice sent16503030
The report lists all 23, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
OATH/ECB1 open
Class 2Found in violation39100931J

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Questions about this building

Does 31 Decatur Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 31 Decatur Street, Brooklyn had 42 open violations on September 27, 2026: 41 from HPD and 1 from OATH/ECB. 18 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 2 years, since December 4, 2023.

Is 31 Decatur Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with nothing filed or new 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.

Is 31 Decatur Street, Brooklyn in housing court?

Yes. 2 open housing court cases, most of them access warrants for lead. The newest opened August 4, 2025. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 31 Decatur Street, Brooklyn marked completed?

Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 29, 2023: a general construction order, opened January 9, 2024, awarded for $360. 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 31 Decatur Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1887 as the year 31 Decatur 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 31 Decatur Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 4 residential units at 31 Decatur 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 HPD's housing court cases, HPD emergency repair orders 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 HPD's housing court cases, HPD emergency repair orders 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, 31 Decatur St, Brooklyn: 18 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/31-decatur-street-brooklyn

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