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227 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 14 open in all.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 28 violations before that, the first in 1987.

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Open per apartment
2.3 (14 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
10 Apr 2019 (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

This 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 violation

Immediately hazardous1 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.

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing 9th tread up from 2nd to 3rd story balcony at building rear

    Issued 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

Hazardous11 open

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

  • Fire egress defective. make stationary the iron ladder leading to scuttle opening in roof, at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster at east wall at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • 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 200 watts required

    Issued 3 Aug 1999First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Apr 2019Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster wall & soffit cellar stairs to 1 sty public hall.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Apr 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 2 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Not complied with 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 2 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Not complied with 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 3 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 3 sty east an apartment thru out.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Apr 2019Pests§ 27-2018

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  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 3 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

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.

  • 187, 231 m/d law and department rules and regulations. provide a stop at top of guide rods so as to prevent removal of dropladder at building rear

    Issued 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019§ 53

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

    Issued 11 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 300

Paperwork and notices9 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.

  • ×6File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.

    6 issued 13 Apr 2021 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • 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 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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 frame missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • 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 10 Apr 2019Notice sent out 16 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

14 closed violations, plus 8 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.

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 1 sty west an apartment torres.

    Issued 23 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 1 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 23 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • 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 roof rear.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 62

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination 1 sty public hall.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of double cylinder key operated lock installed entrance door to 2 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of wood paneling walls 2 to 3 stys public hall.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 2 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling 3 sty public hall.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes 2 sty balcony rear.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 installed 1 sty public hall.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 2 sty east an apartment thru out.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Pests§ 27-2018

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items 3 sty public hall.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes 3 sty balcony rear.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 11 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.

    Issued 11 Sept 1987Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1

45 violations on record in total, 23 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.

3 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
  • Construction and illegal work0 / 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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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

    KATTY LAM

    Public records list KATTY LAM as the registered managing agent for this address as of 12 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    227 TROUTMAN REALTY INC

    Public records list 227 TROUTMAN REALTY INC as the owner of record for this address as of 12 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. 9 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. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  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 3031740047 · Block 3174, Lot 47 · Building class C2