51 Clifton Place
Brooklyn · Clinton Hill, NY 11238
51 Clifton Place is a 16-apartment building in Clinton Hill, built in 1905, managed by 51 Clifton Place HDFC. The City has 181 open housing-code violations on file for it, 29 of them immediately hazardous, about 11.3 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 2 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 8 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 51 Clifton Place HDFC
Be the first to review this building
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? No public record answers that.
Write the first reviewAbout a minute, no account, stays anonymous.
- Units
- 16
- Year built
- 1905
- 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.
Complaints are down from 16 to 2 year on year.
2tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 16 the year before
Typically closed in 8 days · neighborhood median is 6
181open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 11.3 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 29
- Hazardous
- 88
- Non-hazardous
- 64
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings61
- Doors, windows and locks29
- Smoke and CO alarms24
- Other repairs18
- Heat or hot water17
- Pests15
Housing Court
The City took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.
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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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 51 Clifton Place 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.
Be the first to reviewAbout a minute, no account, stays anonymous.