281 Division Avenue
Brooklyn · South Williamsburg, NY 11211
281 Division Avenue is a 19-apartment building in South Williamsburg, built in 1905, managed by Empire State Management LLC. The City has 25 open housing-code violations on file for it, about 1.3 per apartment, about double the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). One complaint was filed with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 23 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 Empire State Management LLC
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- Units
- 19
- Year built
- 1905
- Neighborhood
- South Williamsburg
- 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.
Complaints are down from 4 to 1 year on year.
1tenant complaint
Filed with 311 in the past year · 4 the year before
Typically closed in 23 days · neighborhood median is 5
25open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.3 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 0
- Hazardous
- 16
- Non-hazardous
- 9
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings17
- Leaks, damp or mould4
- Other repairs4
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Empire State Management LLC manages 4 other buildings we cover, holding 87 apartments.
- open violations
- 9open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 1immediately hazardous
- per apartment
- 0.1per apartment
The company’s record across its other buildings, not this building’s. A company can run one well and another badly, and these figures often predate the current management. (HPD and 311, as of 5 October 2026.)
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 281 Division Avenue yet.
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