Does 1438 78 Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 1438 78 Street, Brooklyn had 11 open violations on October 10, 2026: 11 from HPD. 2 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 40 years, since April 15, 1986.

Is 1438 78 Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 2 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When did 1438 78 Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On May 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.

When was 1438 78 Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1920 as the year 1438 78 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 1438 78 Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 3 residential units at 1438 78 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 OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. 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.

1438 78th St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-06257-0022

Built: 1920
Floors: 2
Residential units: 3
Building type: Three-family dwelling
Zoning district: R4
Lot area: 2,400 sq ft
Floor area: 2,774 sq ft
Last transfer: No price recordedSeptember 22, 2022

En español: 2 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 11 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 40 años abierta, desde el 15 de abril de 1986.

Open now, most hazardous first

2
Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.
Oldest open since October 7, 2026
Get these certified
9
Class B, hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.
See the 9

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 2 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The earliest original certify-by date on the 11 open HPD violations is October 28, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

Is this your building?

I own or manage itAsk for one introduction

I live hereWhere to report a condition

I'm buying itGet the report, $19

I clear violationsGet leads for your boroughs

2 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed April 15, 1986.

A firm we work with can take these on. We reply within one business day with the firm's name. You decide whether to talk to them. One firm, not a list.

Email or phoneWhat do you need? (optional)I ask to be introduced to one compliance firm about this building. I can withdraw at any time by emailing hello@violationscout.com.

Your details stay with us, and go only to the one firm you are introduced to. No lists, no resale.

¿Es su edificio? Déjenos un correo o un teléfono. Leemos cada solicitud.

See everything first: the building report, $19

Or file it yourself: what it can hold up, and how correction is filed

The case file on a building like this names who is responsible on HPD's registration and how to reach them. We prepare them for firms on our pilot, ranked by how much hazardous work is open.

Get leads for your boroughs

The building report reads this record for you: every open violation in the city's own words, what each status means, and how the building compares with others its size. Usually ready within 15 minutes of payment.

Get the report, $19

HPD takes complaints from tenants through 311.

For a letter to your landlord or a housing court case, the report lists every open violation here, each in the city's own words with the date on its notice. Get the report, $19

OATH/ECB summonses: 1 FDNY summons here since January 1, 2019.
February 26, 2019, FDNY: Fire-rated construction. In violation.
Bedbug report: Filed May 6, 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.

Filed	Category	Status	Number
Class C	2 open most often Fire Safety
October 7, 2026	Fire Safety	Notice sent	19283374
October 7, 2026	Fire Safety	Notice sent	19283372
Class B	9 open most often Fire Safety
October 7, 2026		Notice sent	19283373
October 7, 2026	Fire Safety	Notice sent	19283371
October 7, 2026	Fire Safety	Notice sent	19283370
October 7, 2026		Notice sent	19283369
October 7, 2026		Notice sent	19283367
October 7, 2026		Notice sent	19283366
October 7, 2026		Notice sent	19283364
October 7, 2026		Notice sent	19283363
October 7, 2026		Notice sent	19283362

The full report on 1438 78th St, Brooklyn

All 11 open violations, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice.
What the one city status here means, and how many of these carry it.
How it compares with the 223,260 Brooklyn buildings with 1 to 5 apartments.
All 1 FDNY summons at OATH/ECB, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date.
Every other record on this page, on a cover you can forward.

Get the report on 1438 78th St, Brooklyn, $19 See a sample report

Usually ready within 15 minutes of payment, on your order page and by email. If it tells you nothing you did not already know, reply and we refund it.