The most common category among the open records here is heat and hot water.
Questions about this building
Does 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn have open violations?
Yes. 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn had 22 open violations on September 26, 2026: 22 from HPD. 13 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous.
Is 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?
Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 13 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends September 26, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.
Does 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?
Yes. 3 active DOB violations, most of them for construction. The newest was issued October 4, 2012. 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.
Is 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn in housing court?
Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened June 16, 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 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn marked completed?
Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 28, 2023: a general construction order, opened October 17, 2024, awarded for $4,180. 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 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn built?
The city's record gives 1923 as the year 865 Montgomery 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 2 floors.
How many apartments does 865 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn have?
The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 4 residential units at 865 Montgomery 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 DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, HPD emergency repair orders and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 26, 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.
Cite this page
ViolationScout, 865 Montgomery St, Brooklyn: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 26, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/865-montgomery-street-brooklyn
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