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ViolationScout27 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 5 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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444 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn

BBL 3-01805-0027

En español: 27 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 176 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 44 años abierta, desde el 10 de septiembre de 1982.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 27 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 5 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 44 years, since September 10, 1982.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 10 Class C violations, all 10 by the original certify-by date. How certification works

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27 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed September 10, 1982.

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Certificate of occupancy
Final, issued October 18, 2022.
Boiler inspection
2 boilers, both inspected in 2025, the latest on March 4. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed December 23, 2025, 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
7 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $8,425 in total. The most recent of the 7, a general construction order, was opened June 8, 2026.

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 C27 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Notice sent19141596JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19141576JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18910984JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18874601JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18776100JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18683634JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18614031JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18614030JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18562050JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18559478JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
The report lists all 27, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B149 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19200938
Notice sent19200937
Notice sent19200936
Notice sent19147788JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Notice sent19147787JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Notice sent19147784JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
MoldNotice sent to tenant19220458JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18910983JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
Notice sent18874602JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
MoldNo access to reinspect (first try)18874600JOE CENTRAL BROOKLYN LLC
The report lists all 149, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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Questions about this building

Does 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn had 176 open violations on September 27, 2026: 176 from HPD. 27 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 44 years, since September 10, 1982.

Is 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 27 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 5 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. 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 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 10 Class C violations, all 10 by the original certify-by date. 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.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn marked completed?

Yes. 7 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $8,425 in total. The most recent of the 7, a general construction order, was opened June 8, 2026. 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.

Does 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn have a certificate of occupancy?

Its latest certificate of occupancy is a final one, issued October 18, 2022. A certificate of occupancy says how a building may be used and occupied. A temporary one lets people move in while work finishes and has to be renewed until DOB issues the final one. DOB's records here start in July 2012, so an older certificate may not show.

When was the boiler at 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn last inspected?

It has 2 boilers, both inspected in 2025, the latest on March 4. 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 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On December 23, 2025, 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 444 Lexington Avenue, 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 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1931 as the year 444 Lexington Avenue, 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 444 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 20 residential units at 444 Lexington Avenue, 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 the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB certificates of occupancy, 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 the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB certificates of occupancy, 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, 444 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn: 20 units, 27 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/444-lexington-avenue-brooklyn

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