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320 Suydam Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

13 immediately hazardous violations open. 21 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
2113 · 8
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 27 violations before that, the first in 1988.

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Open per apartment
3.5 (21 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
25 Sept 2019 (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 hazardous13 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.

  • 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 25 Sept 2019Notice sent out 29 Sept 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint west wall 3 sty west an apartment rodriguez 3rd room from front 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint east wall 3 sty west an apartment rodriguez 2nd room from front 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint east wall 3 sty west an apartment 3rd room from front rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling 3 sty west an apartment kitchen rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling 3 sty west an apartment rodiguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint east wall 3 sty west an apartment kitchen rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling 3 sty west an apartment private hall rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling 3 sty west an apartment bathroom rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint north wall 3 sty west an apartment bathroom rodriguez 326 8460 er1 3349 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

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  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint east wall 3 sty west an apartment private hall rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling 3 sty west an apartment front room rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint east wall 3 sty west an apartment front room rodriguez 326 8460 er1., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 25 Dec 1989Lead paint§ 27-2013

Hazardous8 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 furniture 3 sty public hall.

    Issued 18 Jan 1990Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock installed entrance door 3 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 30 Nov 1989Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 11 Mar 1989Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 2 sty an apartment pina., section '' ''

    Issued 11 Mar 1989Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes rear bldg.

    Issued 8 Feb 1988Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing 3 sty an apartment.

    Issued 8 Feb 1988Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination 60 watt vestibule 1 sty.

    Issued 8 Feb 1988Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Electrical§ 27-2039

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.

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor frame missing.

    Issued 8 Feb 1988Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ 329

6 closed violations, plus 10 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.

  • 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 south

    Issued 25 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 20 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 25 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 20 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 25 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 20 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 25 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 20 Jan 2020Electrical§ 27-2039

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

    Issued 25 Sept 2019Violation closed 27 Dec 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 incandscent light required, light fixture present. at front areaway

    Issued 17 Jun 2014Violation closed 19 Aug 2014Electrical§ 27-2040

38 violations on record in total, 22 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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 4 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No 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

    DEIFILIO CARABAJO

    Public records list DEIFILIO CARABAJO as the owner of record for this address as of 14 Jul 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 13 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 12 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. 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 3032200030 · Block 3220, Lot 30 · Building class C2