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229 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

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

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Open violations
42 · 2
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 17 violations before that, the first in 1984.

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Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
29 Jan 2020 (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

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

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 1st story at north

    Issued 29 Jan 2020Notice sent out 2 Feb 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 1st story at north

    Issued 29 Jan 2020Notice sent out 2 Feb 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles at floor in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 29 Jan 2020Notice sent out 2 Feb 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceiling in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Notice sent out 17 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

13 closed violations, plus 2 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 vinyl tiles at floor in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 29 Jan 2020Violation dismissed 31 May 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of household items, 3rd story balcony, south exterior wall at fire escape

    Issued 23 Jan 2020Violation closed 10 Apr 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace the broken or defective wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation dismissed 10 Dec 2017§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mortise lock at entrance door, 1st story at south

    Issued 15 Aug 2017Violation dismissed 10 Dec 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose tank at water closet in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Nov 2014Violation dismissed 1 Mar 2015§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Nov 2014Violation dismissed 1 Mar 2015Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective water supply pipe at water closet in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Nov 2014Violation dismissed 1 Mar 2015Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the flushing apparatus and maintain same so as to flush effectively the water closet in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 13 Nov 2014Violation dismissed 1 Mar 2015§ 27-2026

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceilings kitchen bathroom rear room 1 sty north an apartment ms barnes 821 2607.

    Issued 4 Sept 1984Violation closed 13 Aug 2014Lead paint§ D26-12.01

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Aug 2013Violation closed 20 Sept 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in wash basin in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Aug 2013Violation closed 20 Sept 2013§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective light fixture at ceiling in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Aug 2013Violation closed 20 Sept 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Aug 2013Violation closed 20 Sept 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

19 violations on record in total, 4 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.

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

  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 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 2 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern 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 3031740046 · Block 3174, Lot 46 · Building class C2