196 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn · Clinton Hill, NY 11205
196 Clinton Avenue is a 98-apartment building in Clinton Hill, built in 1903, managed by Sylvia Ray Assoc. The City has 148 open housing-code violations on file for it, 56 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.5 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 73 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 7 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by Sylvia Ray Assoc
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- Units
- 98
- Year built
- 1903
- Neighborhood
- Clinton Hill
- 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.
73tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 43 the year before
Typically closed in 7 days · neighborhood median is 6
148open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.5 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 56
- Hazardous
- 80
- Non-hazardous
- 12
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks74
- Stairs, floors and ceilings27
- Leaks, damp or mould19
- Smoke and CO alarms9
- Plumbing6
- Other repairs6
Housing Court
Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023. The City brought 1 case of its own.
A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 196 Clinton Avenue yet.
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? Does management answer the phone, and were you charged what you expected? No public record answers any of that. Only someone who lived here can.
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