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637 Hawthorne St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-04818-0069

En español: 16 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 79 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 12 años abierta, desde el 17 de noviembre de 2013.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 16 open Class C, with 0 certifications 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 12 years, since November 17, 2013.

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16 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed November 17, 2013.

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Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened December 13, 2022.
HPD emergency repair order
1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 29, 2023: a general construction order, opened April 14, 2026, awarded for $2,000.

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C16 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Notice sent19236989
Notice sent19229793
Notice sent19224009
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent19219407
Notice sent19219406
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17698232
MoldNotice sent to tenant17292574
MoldDefect letter sent16655540
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16606390
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16592598
The report lists all 16, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B63 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Notice sent19236991
Notice sent19236990
Notice sent19229798
Notice sent19229797
Notice sent19229796
Notice sent19229795
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent19224010
Notice sent18911534
Notice sent18911533
Notice sent18911532
The report lists all 63, 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 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn had 79 open violations on September 27, 2026: 79 from HPD. 16 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 12 years, since November 17, 2013.

Is 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 16 open Class C, with 0 certifications 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.

Is 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened December 13, 2022. 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 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn marked completed?

Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 29, 2023: a general construction order, opened April 14, 2026, awarded for $2,000. 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 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1940 as the year 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a three-family dwelling with 2 floors.

How many apartments does 637 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 3 residential units at 637 Hawthorne 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, 637 Hawthorne St, Brooklyn: 16 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/637-hawthorne-street-brooklyn

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