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242 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

No open housing violations.

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Open violations
None openNo open housing violations on record.
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
202442
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 4 violations from 2008 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Mold and damp 4
  • Fire and safety equipment 2
Inspector last found a problem
8 May 2024 (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

Nothing open. 13 violations in the record, all of them closed.

10 closed violations, plus 3 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.

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx. 1 sq. ft. at south wall, and 2 sq. ft. at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at west original violation 16956741 issued 08-may-24 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 8 May 2024Violation dismissed 26 Dec 2024Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx. 1 sq. ft. at south wall, and 2 sq. ft. at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at west original violation 16956678 issued 08-may-24 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 8 May 2024Violation dismissed 26 Dec 2024Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • ×2Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx. 1 sq. ft. at south wall, and 2 sq. ft. at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    2 issued 8 May 2024Violation closedMold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • ×2Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of kick down door stop permanently installed at vestibule door

    2 issued 8 May 2024Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 4 Jun 2009Violation closed 10 Jul 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Aug 2008Violation closed 31 May 2013Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures defective gas range in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Aug 2008Violation closed 31 May 2013Appliances§ 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 door lock. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Aug 2008Violation closed 22 May 2013Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

13 violations on record in total, 0 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.

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

  • Noise0 / 6
  • Mold and damp1 / 3
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 2
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 1
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
  • Entry, buzzer and mail0 / 1
  • Other1 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 19 Aug 2008

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 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No 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

    ALEXANDER STEGMANN

    Public records list ALEXANDER STEGMANN as the registered managing agent for this address as of 19 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (17 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    242 TROUTMAN LLC

    Public records list 242 TROUTMAN LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 19 Aug 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. There was 1 mould complaint here in the last twelve months. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  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 3031860022 · Block 3186, Lot 22 · Building class C2