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153 De Kalb Avenue

Brooklyn · Fort Greene, NY 11217

Also listed by the City as 153 Dekalb Avenue

153 De Kalb Avenue is a 3-apartment building in Fort Greene, built in 1879, managed by Farlyn Properties. The City has 120 open housing-code violations on file for it, 5 of them immediately hazardous, about 40.0 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by Farlyn Properties

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Units
3
Year built
1879
Neighborhood
Fort Greene
Borough
Brooklyn

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

1.0/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

0tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year

120open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 40.0 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
5
Hazardous
90
Non-hazardous
25

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings39
  • Doors, windows and locks22
  • Leaks, damp or mould16
  • Other repairs16
  • Electrical9
  • Pests8

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026

What tenants say

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