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248 Suydam Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

A court found tenant harassment here in 2019. 5 immediately hazardous violations open. 23 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
235 · 14 · 4
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202231
202370
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 63 violations from 1987 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 5
  • Fire and safety equipment 4
  • Pests 1
Open per apartment
3.8 (23 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
6 Dec 2023 (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 hazardous5 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.

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 6 Dec 2023Notice sent out 6 Dec 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

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

    Issued 6 Dec 2023Notice sent out 6 Dec 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked door to cellar at 1st story public hall

    Issued 19 Mar 2023Notice certified late 13 Apr 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum temperature of 130 degrees at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2023Notice certified late 13 Apr 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 22 Sept 2022Notice of issuance sent to tenant 22 Sept 2022Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous14 open

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

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of discarded airconditioning unit and shoping cart at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 22 Sept 2022Notice sent out 22 Sept 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 2nd story

    Issued 17 Mar 2021Notice sent out 18 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 2nd story

    Issued 17 Mar 2021Notice sent out 18 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of flower pots on 2nd story balcony at rear yard

    Issued 16 Dec 2020Notice sent out 16 Dec 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly secure the loose bell system

    Issued 14 Aug 2019Notice sent out 15 Aug 2019Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 20 Mar 2019Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 20 Mar 2019Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... 20 sq ft at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Discontinue unlawful use for single room occupancy purposes.... located at b-room 2lfro, 2nd story, 1st b-room from north at east

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019§ 27-2077 +1

  • Discontinue unlawful use for single room occupancy purposes.. in the 4th room from east, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019§ 27-2077 +1

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  • Discontinue unlawful use for single room occupancy purposes.. in the 3rd room from east, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019§ 27-2077 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches kitchen 3 sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019Pests§ D26-13.03

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors 3 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

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

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Notice certified late 16 Jun 2019Fire 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.

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 22 Sept 2022Notice sent out 22 Sept 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration consisting of apartment subdevided creating two '' b '' rooms at e3 and e4 with no 2nd means of egress, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Not complied with 28 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood studs erected expanding bathroom 3 sty east an apartment into kitchen 3 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 30 May 2019§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration woods studs erected expanding bathroom of 3 sty west an apartment into kitchen of east an apartment.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 30 May 2019§ 300

Orders and notices2 open

An order issued against the building as a whole rather than a condition in one apartment: a vacate order, or selection for HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program for buildings with persistent violations.

  • ×2Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for an apartment-1, east 4 b-room, 2nd story apartment vacate order # 147055.

    2 issued 25 Feb 2019Not complied with§ 27-2142

Paperwork and notices3 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.

  • ×3File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.

    3 issued 12 Apr 2024 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

51 closed violations, plus 16 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 or replace the smoke detector that is missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2023Violation dismissed 25 Jun 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). that is missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2023Violation dismissed 25 Jun 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 19 Mar 2023Violation dismissed 4 Jun 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective in the entrance, 2nd story at east

    Issued 22 Sept 2022Violation closed 16 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of refrigerator with intact doors at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 10 Dec 2020Violation closed 16 Jan 2021Appliances§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly secure the loose iron scuttle ladder leading to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 30 May 2019Violation dismissed 27 Aug 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum of 130 degreess to all fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 23 May 2019Violation dismissed 18 Aug 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of an uncapped gas line in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 27 May 2019§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Remove the illegal fastening slide bolt capable of being padlocked installed on door to south yard at cellar

    2 issued 15 Sept 2018 to 1 Nov 2018Violation closedRoof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked door at 1st story public hall

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Violation closed 25 May 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at the ceiling and east wall in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 25 May 2019Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed wire at east wall in the 3rd room from east, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 25 May 2019Electrical§ 27-2005

  • 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.., 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 25 May 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2041

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). : missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 25 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 25 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also a chain door guard, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 25 May 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2043

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

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 25 May 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wires ceiling front cellar.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 25 May 2019Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at entrance, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Violation dismissed 12 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Violation dismissed 25 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Violation closed 10 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 2nd story at east

    Issued 2 Feb 2019Violation closed 20 Mar 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate... in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 2 Feb 2019Violation closed 20 Mar 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 2nd story at east

    Issued 2 Feb 2019Violation closed 20 Mar 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Violation closed 20 Mar 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat from an approved central heating system, or an approved system of gas or electrical heating in good operating condition for the dwelling unit in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 16 Jan 2019Violation closed 20 Mar 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2028 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of door nailed shut blocking 2nd means of egress in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Violation closed 27 Feb 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 1 Feb 2019Violation closed 24 Feb 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods dropladder down to ground at rear yard

    Issued 19 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes house hold items at all stories rear stack rear yard

    Issued 19 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the boiler room at front cellar

    Issued 19 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2010

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the rear yard

    Issued 19 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration sheetrock partions erected from floor to ceiling with doors intach creating rooms for living at cellar

    Issued 15 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Doors and windows§ 300

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock installed on door to building north front at cellar

    Issued 15 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • 2011, 2012 adm code cleanse and disinfect to the satisfaction of this department after removing the water and sewage at rear at cellar

    Issued 15 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2010

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections at washbasin, bath tub, water closet at bathroom area created at cellar

    Issued 15 Sept 2018Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

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

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide a suitable strainer for the drain cellar entrance rear yard.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Leaks and plumbing§ D26-16.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective cement mortar point brickwork cheek wall cellar to rear yard at stairs.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 1 Nov 2018Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the front yard

    Issued 7 Sept 2018Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 3 sty south an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 23 Mar 1990Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 3 sty east an apartment thru out., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Pests§ D26-13.03

  • Replace with new the missing knobs entrance door 3 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches thru out 1 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile walls 1 sty west an apartment bathroom.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective front and rear entrance doors 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • 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 west an apartment.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2041

  • Replace with new the missing house lock entrance door 3 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile walls bathroom 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches at kitchen 3rd sty east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 26 Oct 2018Pests§ D26-13.03

95 violations on record in total, 28 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, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise1 / 6
  • Heat and hot water0 / 2
  • Electrical0 / 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.

The court found that the owner harassed tenants here (2019).

A finding is against whoever owned the building at the time, which may not be the owner today.

4 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 15 Sept 2022

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 24 Jan 2019Harassment foundCivil penalty $2,000

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 24 Sept 2018No harassment found

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 11 Sept 2018

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.

  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 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

    JJE CONSULTANTS LLC

    Public records list JJE CONSULTANTS LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 10 Dec 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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

    No combined rating for this owner and agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 5 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. A court found the owner at the time harassed tenants here (2019). Ask whether the building has changed hands since.
  3. There is 1 open mould violation on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  4. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2023). 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.
  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 3032190025 · Block 3219, Lot 25 · Building class C2