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57 Jay Street

Brooklyn · Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, NY 11201

57 Jay Street is a 23-apartment building in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, built in 1896, managed by 57 Jay Manager LLC. The City has 44 open housing-code violations on file for it, 16 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.9 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 22 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 6 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 57 Jay Manager LLC

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Units
23
Year built
1896
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.

1.4/5Among 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 6 days from complaint to close.

Complaints are down from 48 to 22 year on year.

22tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 48 the year before

44open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 1.9 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
16
Hazardous
22
Non-hazardous
6

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings11
  • Heat or hot water10
  • Doors, windows and locks5
  • Other repairs5
  • Electrical4
  • Smoke and CO alarms4

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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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 57 Jay Street yet.

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