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247 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 4-story walk-up · 6 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 8 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
82 · 6
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202320
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 14 violations from 2014 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 2
Open per apartment
1.3 (8 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
28 Aug 2023 (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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Nothing above this section came from a tenant. It is all filed by the city, which means it only holds what somebody reported and an inspector wrote down, not what it is actually like to live here.

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Heat season

No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

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

Immediately hazardous2 open

Class C. HPD considers the condition an immediate danger: no heat in winter, no hot water, lead paint where a child lives, a broken lock on the front door. The owner has 24 hours to correct it.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinge at fire door leading to north yard at cellar

    Issued 28 Aug 2023Notice sent out 30 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinge at boiler room door in the cellar

    Issued 28 Aug 2023Notice sent out 30 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

Hazardous6 open

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

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 1 Dec 2020Second no access to re-inspect violation 2 Feb 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ventilation system at ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 22 Aug 2014Notice sent out 25 Aug 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective caulking around bath tub in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 22 Aug 2014Notice sent out 25 Aug 2014§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling and west wall in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 22 Aug 2014Notice certified late 13 Nov 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at east

    Issued 22 Aug 2014Notice certified late 13 Nov 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • 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 22 Jul 2014Notice certified late 13 Nov 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

8 closed violations, plus 3 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.

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at the ceiling and west wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Aug 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster at ceiling and west wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Aug 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak walls and ceiling at public hall stairs, 1st story

    Issued 22 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Aug 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded plaster at ceiling and walls at public hall stairs, 1st story

    Issued 22 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Aug 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and west wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Jul 2014Violation closed 4 Aug 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective connection waste line at wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Nov 2014Violation dismissed 12 Feb 2015Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at the ceiling and west wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Aug 2014Violation dismissed 22 Jan 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following 100 watts minimum required (light fixtures present)

    Issued 29 May 2014Violation closed 24 Jun 2014Electrical§ 27-2040

19 violations on record in total, 8 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.

11 complaints in three years, 10 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Leaks and plumbing3 / 3
  • Noise2 / 3
  • Appliances2 / 2
  • Mold and damp2 / 2
  • Doors and windows1 / 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 10 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 10 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 currently has 2 open immediately-hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern, how many are in the one you would be renting, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. There were 2 mould complaints here in the last twelve months. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. 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.
  4. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 3 complaints in the last twelve months.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. 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 3031650042 · Block 3165, Lot 42 · Building class C2