178 Kent Street

Brooklyn · Greenpoint, NY 11222

178 Kent Street is an 8-apartment building in Greenpoint, built in 1928. The City has 118 open housing-code violations on file for it, 40 of them immediately hazardous — about 14.8 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). Tenants filed 27 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 1 day (311, as of 27 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet — everything above comes from the City's own records.

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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.

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Units: 8
Year built: 1928
Neighborhood: Greenpoint
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.

Problems here get fixed quickly — a median of 1 day from complaint to close, faster than the 5-day neighborhood median.

27tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 11 the year before

118open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 14.8 per apartment

Immediately hazardous: 40
Hazardous: 49
Non-hazardous: 29

What the open repairs are about

Stairs, floors and ceilings36
Heat or hot water26
Smoke and CO alarms21
Leaks, damp or mould16
Doors, windows and locks11
Electrical6

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

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