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213 Suydam Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

10 immediately hazardous violations open. 28 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 yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 28 violations before that, the first in 1987.

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Open per apartment
4.7 (28 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
2 Mar 2021 (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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Nothing above this section came from a tenant. It is all filed by the city, which means it only holds what somebody reported and an inspector wrote down, not what it is actually like to live here.

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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 hazardous10 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 the broken or defective lock and assembly at the entrance door to building, 1st story

    Issued 2 Mar 2021Notice sent out 7 Mar 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • ×2Correct 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, west wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    2 issued 16 Jan 2007 to 17 Jan 2007Certification postponment grantedLead 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 3rd room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Jan 2007Certification postponment granted 13 Feb 2007Lead 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 closet from north at east wall door frame in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Jan 2007Certification postponment granted 13 Feb 2007Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner

    Issued 25 Oct 2004Notice sent out 28 Oct 2004§ 27-2056.7

  • Replace with new the broken or defective ceiling 1 sty west an apartment bathroom er1., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Feb 1991Notice sent out 25 Mar 1991Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of cascading water leak ceilings 1 sty west an apartment bathroom & kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Feb 1991Notice sent out 25 Mar 1991Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling 2 sty west an apartment 2 room from rear er1.

    Issued 14 Sept 1987Notice sent out 26 May 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint walls & ceiling thru out 2 sty west an apartment carmen vadi 417 6263.

    Issued 14 Sept 1987Not complied with 26 Sept 1988Lead paint§ 27-2013

Hazardous14 open

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

  • 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 a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required. (light fixture present)

    Issued 13 Aug 2015Notice sent out 17 Aug 2015Electrical§ 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 100 watts minimum required (light fixtures present)

    Issued 16 Jun 2014Notice sent out 17 Jun 2014Electrical§ 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 100 watts minimum required

    Issued 13 May 2012Not complied with 31 May 2012Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of water leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at south

    Issued 26 Feb 2011Notice sent out 27 Feb 2011Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 26 Feb 2011Notice sent out 27 Feb 2011Pests§ 27-2018

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 2nd story at south

    Issued 26 Feb 2011Notice certified late 16 May 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at south

    Issued 26 Feb 2011Notice sent out 27 Feb 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling light fixture in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at south

    Issued 26 Feb 2011Notice sent out 27 Feb 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash at window in the bathroom, 2nd story at south

    Issued 26 Feb 2011Notice sent out 27 Feb 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose balustrade at second story public hall at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 10 Mar 2007Notice certified late 13 May 2007§ 27-2005

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  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor out of plumb appx. 4 inches in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 16 Jan 2007Notice sent out 22 Jan 2007Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • 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 20 Oct 1999False certification 19 Oct 1999Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 2 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 24 Sept 1987Notice sent out 26 May 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 2 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 14 Sept 1987Notice sent out 26 May 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

Non-hazardous4 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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom, the 4th room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 17 Jan 2007Notice sent out 21 Jan 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • 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 east an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Apr 1991Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls 1 sty west an apartment bathroom & kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 28 Feb 1991Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • 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 installed 1 sty east an apartment bathroom.

    Issued 14 Sept 1987Notice sent out 26 May 2008Walls and ceilings§ 300

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 2 Mar 2021Notice sent out 7 Mar 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

37 violations on record in total, 29 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    213 SUYDAM REALTY CORP

    Public records list 213 SUYDAM REALTY CORP as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 6 Oct 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 currently has 10 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 2026). 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 5 open lead-paint violations 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: 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 3032090050 · Block 3209, Lot 50 · Building class C2