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243 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 34 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
343 · 18 · 13
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
202511
2026 so far00

Plus 35 violations from 1985 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Walls and ceilings 2
Open per apartment
5.7 (34 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
1 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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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

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

Immediately hazardous3 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.

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Sept 2019Notice sent out 1 Oct 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 24 May 2004Notice sent out 25 May 2004Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system cellar door locked

    Issued 29 Apr 1997False certification 28 Apr 1997Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous18 open

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

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 24 May 2004Notice sent out 25 May 2004Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 24 May 2004Notice sent out 25 May 2004Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 3 sty south an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 5 Dec 1991Notice sent out 23 Dec 1991Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • ×2Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 3 sty south an apartment., section '' ''

    2 issued 31 Jul 1991 to 5 Dec 1991Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective inoperable window bathroom 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 11 Oct 1991Notice sent out 3 Nov 1991Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor front room 3 sty south an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 31 Jul 1991Notice sent out 19 Aug 1991Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing electrical ceiling light fixture 1 sty east an apartment center room.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster from clg cellar thru out.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wire ceiling cellar.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bottom of stairs center to cellar.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

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  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 1 sty east an apartment muniz.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plasterboard ceiling cellar rear.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 2 sty north an apartment thru out., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Jun 1985Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Pests§ D26-13.03

  • Replace with new the broken or defective wall switch to clg light fixture kitchen 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Jun 1985Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Replace with new the missing ceramic tile walls bathroom & kitchen 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Jun 1985Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor kitchen 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Jun 1985Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair the broken or defective clg light fixture kitchen 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Jun 1985Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008§ D26-10.01

Non-hazardous13 open

Class A. The least serious band: chipped plaster, a missing cabinet, a peeling ceiling in a hallway. The owner has 90 days to correct it.

  • Refit door to building street entrance at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Sept 2019Notice sent out 1 Oct 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell system 1 sty public hall 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 11 Oct 1991Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceilings installed thru out 1 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceiling 1 and 2 nd room from from 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration celotex drop ceiling 1 sty east an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration dropped celotex ceiling 1 sty east an apartment kitchen bathroom & ind room from rear.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Rearrange television and/or radio antenna to be at least 10 feet above roof and not attached to any fire escape or soil or vent line rear roof.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 62

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceilings thru out 3 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceilings installed 1 sty east an apartment front room & 1st room from front.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceilings installed 3 sty east an apartment bathroom 1st & 2nd rooms from front.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

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  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceilings installed all rooms 3 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 14 Jan 1988Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of panel on walls vestibule 1 sty public hall.

    Issued 23 Jul 1986Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls bathroom & kitchen & all clgs thru out 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Jun 1985Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-12.01

Paperwork and notices5 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 28 Sept 2019Notice sent out 1 Oct 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected

    Issued 28 Sept 2019Notice sent out 1 Oct 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Sept 2019Notice sent out 1 Oct 2019Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Sept 2019Notice sent out 1 Oct 2019Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing.

    Issued 23 Jul 1986Notice sent out 4 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ D26-20.08

3 closed violations, plus 10 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 with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 29 Mar 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 29 Mar 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of househole items at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 28 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 25 Dec 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

52 violations on record in total, 39 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.

2 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water1 / 1
  • Noise0 / 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)
Show 1 earlier report
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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

    ROBERT GOMES

    Public records list ROBERT GOMES as the registered managing agent for this address as of 26 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    CG TROUTMAN LLC

    Public records list CG TROUTMAN LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 26 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (1 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this owner yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 3 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. 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. 5 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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

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