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 27 August 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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The City’s record below shows what inspectors found. It can’t tell anyone whether the heat actually works, how long the super takes, or whether management picks up the phone. Only someone who lived here can.
- 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.
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 ceilings40
- Other repairs25
- Doors, windows and locks22
- Leaks, damp or mould16
- Electrical11
- Pests8
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026
What tenants say
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