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218 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

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

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Open violations
55
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
202300
202400
202563
2026 so far20

Plus 6 violations from 2004 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Walls and ceilings 4
  • Fire and safety equipment 3
  • Leaks and plumbing 2
Open per apartment
0.8 (5 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
6 May 2026 (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

Hazardous5 open

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

  • Properly repair the broken or defective street entrance door lock to building

    Issued 15 Jan 2006Notice certified late 22 Mar 2006Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded material west wall at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 3 Apr 2004Notice sent out 5 Apr 2004Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • ×2Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at bathtub in the bathroom -l, 3rd story

    2 issued 3 Apr 2004Notice sent outLeaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of water leak at ceiling in the 3rd room from north -l, 3rd story

    Issued 3 Apr 2004Notice sent out 5 Apr 2004Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

12 closed violations, plus 4 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, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 6 May 2026Violation dismissed 7 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 6 May 2026Violation dismissed 7 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Repair the broken or defective connection waste line at kitchen sink in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over the ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire ratardant plaster at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire ratardant plaster at west and east wall at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the west and east wall at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Refit door at vestibule 1st story, 1st story

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 20 Jul 2025Violation dismissed 5 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3

  • 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 fixture present

    Issued 18 Dec 2015Violation dismissed 31 Mar 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

21 violations on record in total, 5 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.

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

  • Pests2 / 6
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 2
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 2
  • Construction and illegal work0 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 1
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Heat and hot water0 / 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 6 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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

    EQUITY MANAGEMENT

    Public records list EQUITY MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 8 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (2 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    THE TROUTMAN PLAZA LLC

    Public records list THE TROUTMAN PLAZA LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 8 Jul 2025. 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 has 5 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. There were 2 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. 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. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  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

BBL 3031860011 · Block 3186, Lot 11 · Building class C2