215 Ross Street

215 Ross Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has 36 open HPD violations, 2 of them class C, and its rent-stabilization status could not be verified, as of Oct 27, 2026. StreetSpy grade: F (49/100).

Multi-family walk-up · 3 units · Built 1910

StreetSpy grade: F (Severe, 49/100)

• 120 open HPD violations per 10 units, about 12 per apartment. The grade is F for that alone.
• 2 immediately hazardous violations open (the class that covers no heat, pests, lead paint and similar).
• 4 open violations are classified rent-impairing under NY Multiple Dwelling Law section 302-a.

More open violations per unit than 9 in 10 Brooklyn buildings this size.

Buildings with 3 or more apartments must register with HPD every year (NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2097), and this one is registered. With 3 apartments, few records may mean few complaints, not good conditions. Nothing on file is not the same as a clean record. The rule

• Repairs: Grade capped at F (36 open, 2 class C), records as of Oct 27, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 27, 2026
• Pests: Clear (No bedbug filing, 3 yr), records as of Oct 29, 2026
• Safety: Clear (No open DOB violations), records as of Oct 27, 2026
• Registration: Expired Sep 30, 1994, records as of Oct 28, 2026

How the grade works

Questions to ask at the viewing

1. Ask when the immediately hazardous (class C) violation issued Oct 24, 1983 (no heat / heating defect) was corrected, and about the other 1 open class C violation.
2. Ask why the building's HPD registration expired Sep 30, 1994 and has not been renewed.

Housing code violations (HPD)

36 open violations: 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 15 class B, 7 class A, 12 class I (HPD orders such as lead paint or heat orders, not a hazard class). 1 issued in the last 12 months. 39 on record. Oldest open violation issued 1975-10-30. Newest violation issued 2026-05-05.

HPD recorded no violation closed here in the last 12 months.

Issued 1 in 2021, 1 in 2025, and 1 so far in 2026.

HPD violations by the year HPD issued them, open or closed since. This year counts to the latest records date.

4 open violations are classified rent-impairing under NY Multiple Dwelling Law section 302-a. Section 302-a; NY Courts guidance on getting repairs.

• Class C: No heat / heating defect (basement). D26-17.10 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED BOILER ROOM CELLAR., issued 1983-10-24. HPD violation 2008681
• Class C: No heat / heating defect (basement). D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM DOOR BASEMENT STY TO CELLAR., issued 1983-10-24. HPD violation 2061333
• Class B: Lighting defect (entrance). PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING , 100 WATTS MINIMUM REQUIRED, issued 2006-12-19. HPD violation 6495715
• Class B: Lighting defect (entrance). PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING , 100 WATTS MINIMUM REQUIRED, issued 2006-12-12. HPD violation 6495970
• Class B: Lighting defect (entrance). PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING 100 WATTS. LIGHTS NOT ON., issued 2002-07-11. HPD violation 4267815
• Class B: Roof defect (roof). D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. MAKE STATIONARY THE IRON LADDER LEADING TO SCUTTLE OPENING IN ROOF SCUTTLE AREA 3 STY PUB HALL., issued 1983-10-24. HPD violation 2008685
• Class B: Lighting defect. D26-19.05 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION 3 STY PUB HALL., issued 1983-10-24. HPD violation 2008686
• Class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING CERAMIC TILE VESTIBULE BASEMENT STY., issued 1983-10-24. HPD violation 2008687

311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months, 0 in 5 years.

Bedbugs

No bedbug filing on record for the last 3 years. HPD's bedbug filings are self-reported by the owner once a year; HPD does not inspect to confirm them.

• 2026: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2025: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2024: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2023: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2022: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2021: No bedbug filing on record for this year

Buildings department (DOB)

No open DOB violations. 0 DOB violations on record. Check on DOB BIS.

Evictions and housing court

0 executed evictions in the last 3 years (0 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

Stabilization status could not be verified.

Owner and management

Owner: GL 7-25 LLC. See the full portfolio.

Last HPD registration Apr 1, 1993. HPD registration expired Sep 30, 1994 and had not been renewed as of Oct 28, 2026. Buildings with 3+ units must register with HPD every year.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 3021830047, HPD building ID 364181. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• Marcy Av (M, J, Z), 3 min walk
• Hewes St (M, J), 6 min walk
• Broadway (G), 9 min walk

How the grade is calculated

Sources: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations, NYC 311 Service Requests, NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting, NYC Marshal Evictions (DOI), NYC HPD Housing Litigations, NYC DOB Violations, NYC DOF tax bills (via JustFix Who Owns What portfolio API, v2), NYC HPD Property Registration. Methodology. Report generated 2026-10-29.