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243 Suydam Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1920 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 6 open in all.

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Open violations
61 · 5
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
202410
202500
2026 so far50

Plus 10 violations from 2005 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 4
  • Floors and stairs 1
Open per apartment
0.8 (6 open across 8 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
8 Sept 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

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

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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hotwate above 130 degrees in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 1 Sept 2026Civ14 mailed 10 Sept 2026§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous5 open

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

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules missing in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 8 Sept 2026Civ14 mailed 23 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 8 Sept 2026Civ14 mailed 23 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective concrete floor in the terrace, 4th story at west

    Issued 8 Sept 2026Civ14 mailed 29 Oct 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over the ceiling in the kitchen, 4th story at east

    Issued 11 Nov 2020Not complied with 1 Sept 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor at radiator 1st sty. an apartment east room.

    Issued 14 Oct 2005Notice sent out 7 Sept 2009Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

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 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

    Issued 3 Sept 2020Not complied with 27 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

10 closed violations, plus 8 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 at fire door at north at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 8 Sept 2026Violation closed 23 Sept 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 25 Jan 2021Violation closed 1 Sept 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the west wall and ceiling in the kitchen, 4th story at east

    Issued 11 Nov 2020Violation closed 1 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the kitchen, 4th story

    Issued 3 Sept 2020Violation closed 1 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the kitchen, 4th story at north

    Issued 3 Sept 2020Violation closed 1 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the foyer, 4th story at north

    Issued 3 Sept 2020Violation closed 1 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color north wall in the foyer, 4th story at north

    Issued 3 Sept 2020Violation closed 1 Sept 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 5 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 24 Sept 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • 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

    Issued 3 Sept 2020Violation closed 27 Sept 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of sprinkler head coated with paint at north wall at public hall stairs, 1st story

    Issued 3 Sept 2020Violation closed 27 Sept 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

25 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.

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

  • Mold and damp1 / 3
  • Heat and hot water0 / 2
  • Construction and illegal work2 / 2
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Noise0 / 1
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
  • Pests1 / 1
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Floors and stairs1 / 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.

  • 20221 eviction

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)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No 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

    JOEL LEFKOWITZ

    Public records list JOEL LEFKOWITZ as the registered managing agent for this address as of 20 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (4 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    243 SUYDAM LLC

    Public records list 243 SUYDAM LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 20 Sept 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. 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.
  3. There was 1 pest complaint here in the last twelve months. 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. 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.
  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 3032090037 · Block 3209, Lot 37 · Building class C1