78 Williams Avenue

78 Williams Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, has 34 open HPD violations, 1 of them class C, and no rent-stabilized units are on its tax bill, as of Oct 26, 2026. StreetSpy grade: D (50/100).

Multi-family walk-up · 3 units · Built 1901

StreetSpy grade: D (Poor, 50/100)

• 1 immediately hazardous violation open (the class that covers no heat, pests, lead paint and similar).
• 1 eviction carried out by marshals in the last 3 years.
• No housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months.
• No rent-stabilized units on the tax bill. Increases aren't capped by stabilization, though Good Cause Eviction may still limit them.

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

• Repairs: High (34 open, 1 class C), records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Pests: Clear (No bedbug filing, 3 yr), records as of Oct 28, 2026
• Safety: Clear (No open DOB violations), records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Registration: Renewal not yet in city data, records as of Oct 3, 2026

How the grade works

Housing code violations (HPD)

34 open violations: 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 25 class B, 8 class A. 0 issued in the last 12 months. 43 on record. Oldest open violation issued 2006-09-29. Newest violation issued 2017-04-10. No new HPD violation has been issued here since 2017. Most of the open count is older violations that were never closed.

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

• Class C: No hot water, 1st floor. ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF 155 DEGREES OF SCALDING HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM OF 130 DEGREES LOCATED AT APT 2NDFL, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH (apt 2NDFL), issued 2016-12-15. HPD violation 11570195
• Class B: ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONCRETE LANDING AT STOOP, issued 2017-04-10. HPD violation 11723663
• Class B: Floor or stair defect (entrance). ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONCRETE TREAD 1ST UP FRM BOTTOM OF BUILDING ENTRANCE STAIRS, AT STOOP, issued 2017-04-10. HPD violation 11723613
• Class B: Missing or broken smoke / CO detector, 1st floor. HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT FL2, 1st STORY (apt FL2), issued 2017-04-03. HPD violation 11717215
• Class B: Damaged plaster or paint, north wall. ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEMENT PLASTER AT NORTH WALL AT FRONT ENTRANCE STAIRS TO BUILDING,, issued 2017-03-07. HPD violation 11677797
• Class B: Floor or stair defect (entrance). ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE 5TH AND 6TH CONCRETE TREADS FROM BOTTOM UP AT FRONT ENTRANCE STAIR TO BUILDING., issued 2017-03-07. HPD violation 11677772
• Class B: Electrical defect, 3rd room from the east, 2nd floor. ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT FL2, 2nd STORY (apt FL2), issued 2017-03-06. HPD violation 11671663
• Class B: Electrical defect, outlet on the north wall, bathroom, 2nd floor. ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL OUTLET ON NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT FL2, 2nd STORY (apt FL2), issued 2017-03-06. HPD violation 11671660

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

1 executed evictions in the last 3 years (1 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

No rent-stabilized units on the tax bill.

Owner and management

Owner: Rose Pavel. See the full portfolio.

Last HPD registration Jul 22, 2025. Registration on file through Sep 1, 2026; renewal not yet in the city's data.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 3036820046, HPD building ID 395968. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• Atlantic Av (L), 3 min walk
• Alabama Av (J, Z), 4 min walk
• Liberty Av (C), 4 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 2026-10-28.