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247 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1933 · 4-story walk-up with stores · 7 apartments

4 immediately hazardous violations open. 7 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
74 · 2 · 1
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
202500
2026 so far41

Plus 16 violations from 1988 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 3
  • Heat and hot water 1
  • Walls and ceilings 1
Open per apartment
1 (7 open across 7 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
28 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

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

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26111

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 hazardous4 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 7th tread from bottom up at staircase leading to 4th story balcony east fire escape at building front at fire escape

    Issued 28 May 2026Notice sent out 31 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water exceeding 130 degrees in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 21 May 2026Notice sent out 25 May 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at boiler room

    Issued 30 Nov 2005Not complied with 21 May 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of cascading water leak ceiling 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 11 May 1988First no access to re- inspect violation 28 May 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 21 May 2026Notice sent out 25 May 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective inoperative intercom system from front entrance of building

    Issued 30 Mar 2019Not complied with 21 May 2026Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint all parts and stories fire escape at building rear

    Issued 28 May 2026Notice sent out 31 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

14 closed violations, plus 13 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 hinges in the entrance, 3rd story at south

    Issued 20 May 2026Violation closed 7 Oct 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of garbage cans preventing drop ladder from free falling at building front at fire passage way

    Issued 4 Feb 2019Violation closed 21 May 2026Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2005 +1

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of flower pots on 2nd story south stack balcony in the fornt of building at fire escape

    Issued 4 Feb 2019Violation closed 21 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Sept 2017Violation closed 21 May 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 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 required

    Issued 28 Mar 2009Violation closed 21 May 2026Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination.. at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 30 Nov 2005Violation closed 21 May 2026Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceilings and walls throughout at public hall

    Issued 30 Nov 2005Violation closed 21 May 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 30 Nov 2005Violation closed 21 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures throughout in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 30 Nov 2005Violation closed 21 May 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2024

  • Replace with new the broken or defective wood landing at public hall stairs, 1st story

    Issued 30 Nov 2005Violation closed 21 May 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material ceilings and walls at all stories at public hall

    Issued 30 Nov 2005Violation closed 21 May 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mental roll up gate at front west obstructing the drop of ladder at 1 sty er1.

    Issued 19 May 1997Violation closed 21 May 2026§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water exceeding the maxmum allowable temperture of 130 f at sink (found) 176 thermomter # c2195 in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 4 Feb 2019Violation closed 8 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 27 Sept 2017Violation closed 24 Oct 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

34 violations on record in total, 7 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.

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

  • Noise0 / 3
  • Pests0 / 2
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 1
  • Electrical1 / 1
  • Heat and hot water1 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 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
  • 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)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2018 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

    PRESIDENT HOLDING CORP.

    Public records list PRESIDENT HOLDING CORP. as the registered managing agent for this address as of 27 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    247 STARR ST INC.

    Public records list 247 STARR ST INC. as the owner of record for this address as of 27 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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 4 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. 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 3031880041 · Block 3188, Lot 41 · Building class C7