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163 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
11
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 23 violations before that, the first in 2006.

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Open per apartment
0.1 (1 open across 8 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
19 Apr 2017 (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

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.

  • 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.... at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Sept 2010Not complied with 16 Oct 2010Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Paperwork and notices1 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.

  • Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Sept 2010Not complied with 12 Oct 2010Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

22 closed violations, plus 1 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.

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Sept 2010Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • 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) 1st window frame from south at west wall in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation closed 16 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) 1st door frame from east at south wall in the 1st room from east, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation closed 16 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) north wall in the foyer, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation closed 16 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) north wall, south wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation closed 16 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser from south at west wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser from east at south wall in the 1st room from east, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the north wall, baseboard at south wall in the 1st room from east, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the south wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall in the foyer, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser from west at north wall in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling, south wall, west wall, 1st door from west at north wall in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... approx 12 sq ft at south wall and ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods at west at fire escape

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the kitchen, the 3rd room from east, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Replace with new the missing escutcheon plate at riser at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at bathtub in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective connection at waste line at wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 19 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • 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) north wall in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at south

    Issued 27 Nov 2006Violation closed 25 Apr 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) west wall in the foyer, 1st story at south

    Issued 27 Nov 2006Violation closed 25 Apr 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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) 1st door from east at south wall in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at south

    Issued 27 Nov 2006Violation closed 25 Apr 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

25 violations on record in total, 2 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.

16 complaints in three years, 9 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise9 / 12
  • Doors and windows0 / 2
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 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 7 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 20191 of 8 units reported infested (2018 report)
  • 20192 of 8 units reported infested (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

    AVAILABILITY WEB

    Public records list AVAILABILITY WEB as the registered managing agent for this address as of 19 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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

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  • Owner of record

    163 STARR COMPANY LLC

    Public records list 163 STARR COMPANY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 19 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. The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2017, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. 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.
  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 3031870042 · Block 3187, Lot 42 · Building class C1