1 Spencer Court
Brooklyn · 11205 · BBL 3017780037 · look up another building
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, February 27, 2025
1 Spencer Court is a multi-family walk-up in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, ZIP 11205. City records date it to 1931 and count 16 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 1 SPENCER REALTY & MANAGEMENT LLC. Its total assessed value is $275K, for the 2026 tax year.
No DHCR registration is on file for this address, which is a gap in the record rather than an answer about your apartment. The state will send you your own rent history free, and it is the only binding answer on what you should be paying.
The November 1 report on this block
On the first of every month we email one page about tax block 1778 in Brooklyn, the block 1 Spencer Court is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:
- 50 buildings changed hands in the last twelve months, across 55 recorded deeds.
- 2 marshal evictions executed here in the last twelve months.
- The block holds 36 parcels and 1,102 residential units.
Anything filed on 1 Spencer Court itself comes the next morning.
Taxes and assessed value for 1 Spencer Court
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $275K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $17K per residential unit. Assessed value is what the city taxes, not what the building would sell for, and the two routinely differ by a wide margin. The bill itself turns on the tax class rate and on any exemptions or abatements attached to the lot, neither of which is published here.
No executed evictions at 1 Spencer Court
No executed eviction is on record at 1 Spencer Court in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at 1 Spencer Court
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 1 Spencer Court in the years PulseCities holds. Absence is not proof: an owner who stops registering leaves the same gap as a building that never had stabilized units. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history from the state. That is the only binding answer, and it takes time to come back. While you wait, you can get an email when the record here moves: a deed, an eviction, a permit or a violation filed on this building. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open code violations at 1 Spencer Court
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 7 violations against this building, of which 1 remains unresolved. That is more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 11205. The most serious open grade here is hazardous, with 1 open violation.
If you own or manage this building, violationscout.com shows what it takes to clear these, from the date each one has to be certified by to how a correction gets filed. It is a paid site, built by the same person as this one.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
Violation history at 1 Spencer Court
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at public hall, 1st storyViolation Dismissed | Feb 27, 2025 | C |
| Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the 1st room from eastViolation Dismissed | Jan 28, 2025 | C |
| Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at fire door at boiler roomViolation Dismissed | Jan 27, 2025 | C |
| Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door in the entranceViolation Closed | Dec 19, 2024 | C |
| Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Dec 19, 2024 | B |
| Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Dec 19, 2024 | B |
| Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 10 square feet at west wall l…First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | Dec 19, 2024 | B |
The 7 most recent violations written against this building, newest first. Each row is the inspector's own wording with the statute citation removed. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
311 complaint history at 1 Spencer Court
3 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through October 10, 2026.
How 1 Spencer Court compares in 11205
PulseCities tracks 3,153 lots in 11205, of which 58 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 233 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11205 scores 32.8 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 74 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Clinton Hill →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 7 other addresses on tax block 1778 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 1 Spencer Court
Who owns 1 Spencer Court?
The city's property file lists 1 SPENCER REALTY & MANAGEMENT LLC as the owner of record for 1 Spencer Court. No deed for this lot appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds, so that name comes from the tax roll rather than from a recorded transfer.
Has 1 Spencer Court changed hands recently?
No deed for 1 Spencer Court appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 1 Spencer Court?
No executed eviction at 1 Spencer Court appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.
Is 1 Spencer Court rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 1 Spencer Court appears in the years PulseCities holds. That is a gap in the registration record rather than an answer about any apartment, and the free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal is what settles it.
What is 1 Spencer Court assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $275K for the 2026 tax year. That is the figure the city taxes rather than a sale price, and the bill depends on the tax class rate and on any exemptions on the lot.
What is the displacement risk around 1 Spencer Court?
11205 (Clinton Hill) scores 32.8 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, 311 complaint volume, executed evictions, and serious HPD violations. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.