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272 Gates Ave, Brooklyn

BBL 3-01986-0007

Built
1930
Floors
4
Residential units
16
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R6A
Lot area
5,590 sq ft
Floor area
15,837 sq ft

En español: 1 violación de Clase C abierta (peligro inmediato) y 6 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 42 años abierta, desde el 10 de mayo de 1984.

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  1. 1

    Class C, immediately hazardous

    5 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 5

    Class B, hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 1 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

The original certify-by dates on the 6 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was December 29, 2025. The report prints the date beside each one.

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1 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed May 10, 1984.

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DOB violations
1 active DOB violation, issued December 13, 2011.
Boiler inspection
Inspected August 13, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed May 11, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C1 open
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18317824
Class B5 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent18344482
Fire SafetyNotice sent18344481
Fire SafetyNotice sent18344480
Fire SafetyNotice sent18317826
Fire SafetyNotice sent18317825

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Questions about this building

Does 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn had 6 open violations on October 10, 2026: 6 from HPD. 1 is Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 42 years, since May 10, 1984.

Is 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 1 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

Does 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued December 13, 2011. 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.

When was the boiler at 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn last inspected?

On August 13, 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 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On May 11, 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.

When was 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1930 as the year 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 272 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 16 residential units at 272 Gates 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 DOB violations, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through October 10, 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, 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, 272 Gates Ave, Brooklyn: 16 units, 1 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/272-gates-avenue-brooklyn

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