287 Schaefer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
287 Schaefer Street is a 3-unit, 3-story tenement building located in Bushwick, constructed in 1935 and currently owned by Dave Rubin. The building has experienced recurring heating system issues, with two documented heat and hot water outages in December 2024 affecting both the entire building and individual apartments, and a similar incident in January 2019, though in all cases heat and hot water were reportedly restored by the time of HPD's inspection.
The building has been subject to several housing maintenance violations over the years, including multiple failures to file annual bedbug reports in 2022 and 2024, and several safety notice violations in 2019 related to smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and gas leak procedures, though most of these were subsequently closed. The building's maintenance history shows some positive trends, including regular rodent inspections over the past few years (2022, 2024, and 2025) which all resulted in passing grades, indicating no rodent infestations.
The most recent bedbug report filings in 2024, 2023, and 2021 all show zero infested units, suggesting effective pest management practices. A Department of Buildings complaint regarding an illegal conversion was made in late 2021, though this was closed in September 2022 due to no access during inspection. The property has maintained compliance with most housing maintenance code requirements, though there remains an open Class B violation from 2019 regarding a broken marble tread at the first story vestibule.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 3 |
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Year built | 1935 |
Total area | 3465 sq ft |
Floors | 3 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | NEW LAW TENEMENT |

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- 287 Schaefer St, New York, NY 11237
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