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246 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

12 immediately hazardous violations open. 58 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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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

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202320
2024100
202511
2026 so far00

Plus 53 violations from 1987 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 6
  • Electrical 4
  • Doors and windows 2
Open per apartment
9.7 (58 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
21 May 2025 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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

Immediately hazardous12 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass pane at lower sash at 2nd window from east in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of permanently installed hook and eye at building vestibule door

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of permanently installed hook and eye at building entrance door

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges on door in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Oct 2023Notice sent out 17 Oct 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked door at boiler room, 1st story

    Issued 16 Oct 2023Notice sent out 17 Oct 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of a sealed barrel with oil at buidling front

    Issued 6 Sept 2020Notice sent out 8 Sept 2020§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 17 Aug 2020Notice sent out 19 Aug 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Notice of issuance sent to tenant 10 Aug 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective at north leading to cellar at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Notice sent out 11 Aug 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

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  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective in the entrance, 2nd story at west

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Notice sent out 10 Aug 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • 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) south wall in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2004Notice sent out 23 Sept 2004Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous34 open

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

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective electrical outlet at east wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wiring at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective electrical outlet 1st from east at south wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wiring at ceiling in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2024Notice sent out 22 Aug 2024Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 6 Sept 2020Notice sent out 8 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from at least 1 window or provide approved type gate.. in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 6 Sept 2020Notice sent out 8 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 6 Sept 2020Notice sent out 8 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate at east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Aug 2020Notice sent out 19 Aug 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower window sash counter balance at east wall in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Aug 2020Notice sent out 19 Aug 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Notice sent out 10 Aug 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Notice sent out 10 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective tin ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Notice sent out 10 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 May 2018Notice sent out 13 May 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 10 Aug 2006Notice sent out 15 Aug 2006Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color --- north wall, 2nd door frame from west at north wall, 2nd door from west at north wall in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2004Notice sent out 23 Sept 2004Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and walls in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2004Notice sent out 23 Sept 2004Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balances at windows throughout-- in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2004Notice sent out 23 Sept 2004Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2004Notice sent out 23 Sept 2004Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective upper window sash glass ateast 1 window in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2004Notice sent out 23 Sept 2004Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of dcl lock at entrance door in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2004Notice sent out 23 Sept 2004Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective wood floor in the entire apartment -l, 2nd story

    Issued 18 Oct 2001Notice sent out 22 Oct 2001Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches thru out 1 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 12 Apr 1996Notice sent out 6 May 1996Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice thru out 1 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 12 Apr 1996Notice sent out 6 May 1996Pests§ 27-2018

  • Replace with new the missing bulbs at fixtures entrance to building & vestibule & rear yard.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01

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

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceiling of bathroom 1st sty west an apartment.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

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

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets cold water sink 1 sty an apartment kitchen.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 1 sty an apartment thru out.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Pests§ 27-2018

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective entrance 3 sty an apartment.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

Non-hazardous12 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 cement saddle at entrance door. building front

    Issued 21 May 2025Notice sent out 21 May 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose bottom hindge door in the entrance -l, 2nd story

    Issued 18 Oct 2001Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • ×2File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceiling 3 sty an apartment thru out.

    2 issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent outWalls and ceilings§ 300

  • Replace with new the missing 40 watt light bulb wall fixture rear yard.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop clg & wood panels at vestibule 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008§ 300

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also heavy duty latch set heavy duty dead bolt and chain door guard at 2 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-20.05

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration dropped ceiling 2nd room from front 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration dropped ceiling bathroom 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration dropped ceiling kitchen 2 sty an apartment.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls 3 sty an apartment bathroom.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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  • 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 1 sty an apartment thru out.

    Issued 8 Sept 1987Notice sent out 9 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

Paperwork and notices7 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 7 Aug 2020 to 6 Sept 2020Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • 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.

    Issued 6 Sept 2020Notice sent out 8 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×2Post 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

    2 issued 7 Aug 2020 to 17 Aug 2020Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post and maintain a street number on the front of the dwelling plainly visible from the sidewalk. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 21 May 2018Notice certified late 13 Sept 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2049

9 closed violations, plus 9 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinge in the entrance, 2nd story at north

    Issued 21 May 2025Violation dismissed 16 Nov 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace with new the broken or defective upper and lower window sash glass panes at east wall in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Aug 2020Violation closed 7 Mar 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective at building entrance, 1st story

    Issued 17 Aug 2020Violation closed 29 Oct 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

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

    Issued 17 Aug 2020Violation closed 15 Sept 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

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

    Issued 17 Aug 2020Violation closed 15 Sept 2020Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures range in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 14 Aug 2020Violation closed 7 Sept 2020Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 14 Aug 2020Violation closed 7 Sept 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at gas range in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Violation dismissed 1 Sept 2020Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 7 Aug 2020Violation closed 31 Aug 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

83 violations on record in total, 65 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.

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

  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 2
  • Electrical0 / 1
  • Heat and hot water1 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 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 3 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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

    ROBERT GOMES

    Public records list ROBERT GOMES as the registered managing agent for this address as of 27 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    CG TROUTMAN LLC

    Public records list CG TROUTMAN LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 27 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (1 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this owner yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 12 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.
  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. This building dates from 1931 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  4. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 1 complaints in the last twelve months.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. 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 3031860024 · Block 3186, Lot 24 · Building class C2