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344 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

4 open violations, none immediately hazardous.

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Open violations
44
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 31 violations before that, the first in 1980.

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Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
7 Oct 2018 (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

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

Hazardous4 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 north wall in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at west

    Issued 7 Oct 2018Notice sent out 9 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Oct 2016Notice sent out 16 Oct 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color window facia in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 15 Oct 2016Notice sent out 16 Oct 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing ceramic tiles at west wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 15 Oct 2016Notice sent out 16 Oct 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

27 closed violations, plus 7 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 the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color north wall in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at west

    Issued 7 Oct 2018Violation dismissed 20 Feb 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes house hold items at 2nd story balcony, stack at building north yard at fire escape

    Issued 7 Oct 2018Violation dismissed 20 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical outlet at north wall in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at west

    Issued 7 Oct 2018Violation dismissed 20 Feb 2019Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical outlet at north wall in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at west

    Issued 7 Oct 2018Violation dismissed 20 Feb 2019Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 25 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 25 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... mildew around window 8 sq/ft (total 5 windows in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 25 Apr 2018Violation dismissed 26 Aug 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color window stool and frames in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Sept 2017Violation dismissed 23 Jan 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of double cylinder key operated lock installed entrance door to 3 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Apr 1986Violation dismissed 8 Aug 2016Doors and windows§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Provide a peep hole in entrance door of the dwelling unit so located so as to permit a person inside the dwelling to view any person outside entrance door 3 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Apr 1986Violation dismissed 8 Aug 2016Doors and windows§ D26-20.01

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to building's heating system 1 sty public hall and on boiler room door.

    Issued 8 Jan 1986Violation closed 8 Aug 2016Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10

  • Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 40 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the rear yard.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation closed 8 Aug 2016Electrical§ D26-19.07

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to building's heating system 1 sty public hall and boiler room door.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation dismissed 8 Aug 2016Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.

    Issued 24 Oct 1985Violation closed 5 Jun 2016Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of double cylinder key operated lock entrance 1 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 6 Jan 1988Violation closed 15 May 2016§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. restore egress by removing locking device and arrange to open readily the gate in fence at lot line rear yard.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation dismissed 15 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Replace with new the missing register to vent boiler room cellar.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation dismissed 15 May 2016Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • 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

    Issued 1 Jul 2012Violation closed 13 May 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

  • 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 200 watts minimum required

    Issued 2 Aug 1999Violation closed 13 May 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceiling 3 sty public hall bulkhead.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation closed 13 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ D26-12.01

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes all stys rear.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation closed 13 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Provide a peep hole in entrance door of the dwelling unit so located so as to permit a person inside the dwelling to view any person outside entrance door 3 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation closed 13 May 2016Doors and windows§ D26-20.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster board ceiling cellar thru out.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation closed 13 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Provide pit cover cellar front.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation closed 13 May 2016§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of tar pails stored on roof center.

    Issued 31 Oct 1985Violation closed 13 May 2016Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all rooms wall and ceilings 3 sty south an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 20 Apr 1984Violation closed 13 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ D26-12.01

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & clgs throughout 3 sty rear an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 2 Oct 1980Violation closed 13 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ D26-12.01

38 violations on record in total, 4 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.

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

  • Noise2 / 2
  • Pests0 / 2

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)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 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

    WOODACRE MANAGEMENT

    Public records list WOODACRE MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 4 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (5 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    344 STARR PARTNERS LP

    Public records list 344 STARR PARTNERS LP as the owner of record for this address as of 4 Sept 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 4 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2018, 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 3032010027 · Block 3201, Lot 27 · Building class C2