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313 Melrose Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

1 open violation, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
11
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202400
202510
2026 so far00

Plus 17 violations from 2012 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
0.2 (1 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
21 Dec 2025 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
Tenant-reported
A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
Official violation
A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
Public complaint
A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
Public filing
A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
Court record
A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
Insufficient data
Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.

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Heat season

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.

Rent stabilization

Public filing

The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.

Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.

City violations

Official violation

Hazardous1 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and west wall, in the 1st room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2013Not complied with 18 Oct 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

Paperwork and notices2 open

The owner failed to file something the city requires, most often the annual property registration or the annual bedbug report. Real violations, and they say something about an owner, but not a condition anyone is living in. Kept out of the count at the top of this page for that reason.

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Feb 2020Second no access to re-inspect violation 22 Oct 2023Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Feb 2020Second no access to re-inspect violation 22 Oct 2023Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

17 closed violations, plus 7 closed paperwork filings

Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinges at vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 21 Dec 2025Violation closed 5 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors... in the entrance, 3rd story at north

    Issued 29 Feb 2020Violation dismissed 25 May 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower glass pane on vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Jul 2019Violation closed 23 Sept 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective wood door in the 3rd room from north upper level, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Jul 2017Violation closed 13 Sept 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose striker plate at door frame in the 3rd room from north upper level, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Jul 2017Violation closed 13 Sept 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 25 Jul 2014Violation closed 7 Dec 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 1; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 3; in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 22 Sept 2014Violation closed 21 Oct 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical out let at west wall in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 25 Jul 2014Violation closed 23 Sept 2014Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective porcelain soap dish at south wall, in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2013Violation closed 18 Oct 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electric outlet at north wall, in the 1st room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2013Violation closed 18 Oct 2013Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector ( missing ), 3rd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2013Violation closed 18 Oct 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules., 3rd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2013Violation closed 18 Oct 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective intercommunication system, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Aug 2013Violation closed 18 Oct 2013Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling in the 4th room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2012Violation dismissed 12 Feb 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling, east, west, north, and south walls in the kitchen at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2012Violation dismissed 12 Feb 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling, east, west, north, and south walls in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2012Violation dismissed 12 Feb 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling, east, west, north, and south walls in the private hallway, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2012Violation dismissed 12 Feb 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

27 violations on record in total, 3 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.

8 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 3
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 2
  • Heat and hot water1 / 1
  • Other1 / 1
  • Pests0 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

Court records

Court record

Housing Court cases

Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.

No HPD Housing Court cases on record for this building.

Evictions

Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.

No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No DOB permits filed for this building in the last five years.

Annual bedbug report

Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 report)

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.

  • Registered managing agent

    DIRECT BUILDING MANAGEMENT

    Public records list DIRECT BUILDING MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 11 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (7 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    SERLIN BUILDING LP

    Public records list SERLIN BUILDING LP as the owner of record for this address as of 11 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (5 in the records we hold)

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What to ask at the viewing

Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.

  1. The city has 1 open hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns and what has been done since.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2025). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.

Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Questions about this building

BBL 3031580050 · Block 3158, Lot 50 · Building class C2