237 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
23 immediately hazardous violations open. 42 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 4223 · 17 · 2
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 15 | 2 |
Plus 35 violations from 2005 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Leaks and plumbing 4
- Walls and ceilings 4
- Fire and safety equipment 3
- Open per apartment
- 7 (42 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 6 Oct 2026 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
Tenant-reportedNo tenant reviews yet. Lived here? Be the first.
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.
Not open yet. Reviews open when this neighbourhood does.
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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThis building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.
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 violationImmediately hazardous23 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.
Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 5 Oct 2026Appliances§ 27-2070
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 blank at public hall, 1st story
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
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 21 Nov 2019Notice sent out 2 Dec 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall, west wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall, 2nd window frame from west at north wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west
Issued 20 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at west
Issued 20 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at north wall, baseboard at west wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west
Issued 20 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st closet from south at west wall door, 1st door from west at north wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall, south wall, west wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at west
Issued 20 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, 2nd closet from north at east wall door frame, 1st riser from west at north wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at west
Issued 12 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, 1st door frame from north at east wall, north wall, east wall, west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west
Issued 12 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from north at east wall, 1st riser from north at east wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at west
Issued 12 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
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Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west
Issued 12 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 2nd closet from south at west wall door, west wall, 1st window frame from north at east wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at west
Issued 12 Oct 2007First no access to re- inspect violation 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at east wall, baseboard at west wall, east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at east
Issued 24 Aug 2006Defect letter issued 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at east wall, north wall in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at north
Issued 27 Apr 2006Notice certified late 30 Mar 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at north
Issued 27 Apr 2006Notice certified late 30 Mar 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) north wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at east
Issued 27 Jan 2006Defect letter issued 14 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east
Issued 27 Jan 2006Defect letter issued 14 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from north at east wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at north
Issued 25 Jan 2006Defect letter issued 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from east at south wall in the kitchen, 1st story at north
Issued 25 Jan 2006Defect letter issued 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at east
Issued 29 Jun 2005Defect letter issued 20 Nov 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at south wall, south wall in the 3rd room from east, 1st story at north
Issued 29 Jun 2005Notice certified late 30 Mar 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from east at south wall in the kitchen, 1st story at north
Issued 29 Jun 2005Notice certified late 30 Mar 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from south at west wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at north
Issued 29 Jun 2005Notice certified late 30 Mar 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Hazardous17 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 the ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east
Issued 6 Oct 2026Notice sent out 7 Oct 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate.. in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at east
Issued 6 Oct 2026Notice sent out 7 Oct 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east
Issued 6 Oct 2026Notice sent out 7 Oct 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at cieling in the private hallway, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at cieling in the 1st room from north lower level, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the cieling in the 1st room from north lower level, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 1st room from north lower level, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the cieling in the private hallway, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 5 Oct 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3
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Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at north
Issued 25 Aug 2026Notice sent out 26 Aug 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at north
Issued 25 Aug 2026Notice sent out 26 Aug 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Provide sufficient, proper and separate metal receptacles for the deposit of garbage, rubbish and other waste material and arrange for collection and disposal of such material.
Issued 18 May 2026Notice sent out 19 May 2026Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2021
Remove the illegal fastening a hasp and eye capable of being locked at the gate at the building front yard
Issued 9 Jul 2020Notice sent out 13 Jul 2020Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair the broken or defective defective counter balance at lower window sash at north in the 1st room from east, 1st story at south
Issued 7 Feb 2020Notice sent out 11 Feb 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of device (slidebolt with hasp and catch arranged to be padlocked) at door leading to west yard in the 4th room from east, 1st story at north
Issued 21 Nov 2019Notice sent out 1 Dec 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Remove the illegal fastening device (hasp and catch arranged to be padlocked) at east gate leading to 1st story apartment
Issued 21 Nov 2019Notice sent out 2 Dec 2019§ 27-2005 +1
Non-hazardous2 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.
Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10 sq feet observed at cieling in the bathroom, 1st story at south
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice of issuance sent to tenant 30 Sept 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3
Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10sq feet observed at east wall at cellar
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3
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.
×3Post, 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
3 issued 14 Nov 2019 to 6 Oct 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005
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 at public hall, 1st story
Issued 29 Sept 2026Notice sent out 30 Sept 2026Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
Paint or post a sign indicating floors at public hall at public hall
Issued 24 Jan 2025Notice sent out 30 Jan 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2048
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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.
Make safe by properly repairing the structural defect crack in the masonary on 2nd story at east exterior wall of building (front of building)
Issued 21 Nov 2019Violation dismissed 29 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Arrange and make self-closing the doors... in the entrance, 1st story at north
Issued 21 Nov 2019Violation closed 10 Feb 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Refit the door at west, to rear yard in the 4th room from east, 1st story at north
Issued 6 Jun 2016Violation closed 20 Nov 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Remove the illegal fastening at door to rear yard. in the 1st room from north, 1st story
Issued 21 Jul 2016Violation closed 8 Sept 2016Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the kitchen, 1st story at north
Issued 6 Jun 2016Violation closed 23 Jul 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles on the floor in the bathroom, 1st story at north
Issued 6 Jun 2016Violation closed 23 Jul 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north
Issued 6 Jun 2016Violation closed 23 Jul 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 6 Jun 2016Violation closed 23 Jul 2016Pests§ 27-2018
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 4th room from east, 1st story at north
Issued 6 Jun 2016Violation closed 23 Jul 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls and ceiling in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 6 Jun 2016Violation closed 23 Jul 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
The premises have been vacated by an order of this department and cannot be reoccupied except for caretaker until a new certificate of occupancy has been obtained.
Issued 3 Jan 2008Violation closed 25 Nov 2013§ 27-2089
67 violations on record in total, 47 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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.
12 complaints in three years, 10 of them in the last twelve months.
- Leaks and plumbing3 / 3
- Heat and hot water0 / 2
- Appliances2 / 2
- Fire and safety equipment2 / 2
- Garbage and cleanliness1 / 1
- Cooking gas1 / 1
- Mold and damp1 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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.
4 cases, all closed.
Tenant Action
Opened 14 Nov 2007
Tenant Action
Opened 19 Oct 2007
Comprehensive
Opened 13 Feb 2007
Tenant Action
Opened 19 Jul 2006
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.
- 20251 eviction
Filings
Public filingBuilding 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)
- 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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.
Owner of record and managing agent
MAZAL PROPERTIES OF NY LLC
Public records list MAZAL PROPERTIES OF NY LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 3 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
237 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
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.
- The city currently has 23 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.
- There are 2 open mould violations on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
- 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.
- This building dates from 1931 and has 20 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 42 open housing violations: 23 immediately hazardous, 17 hazardous and 2 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for leaks and plumbing (4), walls and ceilings (4) and fire and safety equipment (3).
On 6 Oct 2026. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
City marshals carried out 1 residential eviction here since 2017. The record says nothing about why, and most follow a case for unpaid rent.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 3031740042 · Block 3174, Lot 42 · Building class C2