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138 Halsey Street

BROOKLYN, NY 11216 BBL 3018440030 7 units · 3 floors · 1884

Both historical records and our model suggest a low risk of maintenance failures in the coming year.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Bedford-Stuyvesant
At or below average
avg 13.5
5
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 5 recorded HPD violations, at or below the Bedford-Stuyvesant average of 13.5.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 138 Halsey Street rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1884
6 or more units
7 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

The three-unit, three-story brownstone at 138 Halsey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Ellen Pollard and built in 1884, demonstrates a generally good record of property maintenance over the past five years. Most notably, there have been no actual reports of bedbug infestations since 2021-2022, and the building has consistently complied with bedbug reporting requirements, showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units in the most recent filings from 2025, 2024, and 2023. The property has also maintained a strong record of passing rodent inspections, with ten consecutive successful inspections from 2020 through 2025, including three separate rodent-related service requests between 2021 and 2025 that were all resolved with no violations found. The building has shown diligence in addressing housing maintenance codes, though it received four separate violations between 2021 and 2024 regarding the annual bedbug report filing requirement, all of which were ultimately closed, suggesting completion of necessary filings despite the initial violations. Based on the available data, the building's management has demonstrated active maintenance practices, particularly in recent years, with no major safety or health violations on record since 2024.

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How we score buildings

How 138 Halsey Street's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
91th percentile

Out of 7141 buildings in this neighborhood, 6498 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
92.3%
No serious
violations
5.5%
Some violations
(1–9)
2.2%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

Building age

Older buildings tend to have more maintenance challenges, particularly pre-war construction without modern infrastructure.

Building assessed value

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Individual ownership

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What's in the 138 Halsey Street report

Building characteristics
Total units7
Floors3
Year built1884
Gross area2,025 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Who's behind the building

138 Halsey Street's landlord & ownership

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Joint Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
Ellen Pollard
Address
138 Halsey St ph
Brooklyn, NY 11216
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138 Halsey Street event timeline

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2025
Bedbug Filing Dec 16
Bedbug report filed
0 infested · 0 eradicated
Bedbug Filing Jul 07
Bedbug report filed

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