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218 Stanhope Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

1 open violation, none immediately hazardous.

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Open violations
11
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 29 violations before that, the first in 1991.

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Open per apartment
0.2 (1 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
16 Sept 2021 (visits that find nothing are not published)
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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

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration partitions erected creating water closet washbasin kitchen sink installed in cellar.

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Not complied with 25 Jun 2015Leaks and plumbing§ 300

28 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.

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 16 Sept 2021Violation closed 11 Jul 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at south wall in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 16 Sept 2021Violation closed 11 Jul 2022Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • 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 lights not on.

    Issued 29 Mar 2006Violation closed 21 Jun 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 200 watts minimum required

    Issued 26 May 1999Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes 2 sty balcony rear

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wires at ceiling cellar

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster ceiling at bathroom 2 sty an apartment

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the flushing apparatus and maintain same so as to flush effectively the water closet bathroom water closet 2 sty an apartment

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling 2 sty public hall.

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Walls and ceilings§ D26-12.01

  • Replace with new the broken or defective exterior shingles at rear yard

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plaster cement ceiling 2 sty public hall.

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Refit boiler room door cellar.

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective clg boiler room cellar.

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • Rearrange television and/or radio antenna to be at least 10 feet above roof and not attached to any fire escape or soil or vent line antenna vent pipe wires across roof.

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation closed 21 Jun 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 62

  • 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 & boiler room door.

    Issued 8 Jun 1991Violation dismissed 21 Jun 2015Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in the wash basin drain line in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Refit the first window from east at the south wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective shut off valve to west radiator in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective holes in counter top in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate, in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at the wash basin in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector that is missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of bedbugs in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at the sink in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2013Pests§ 27-2018

  • Replace with new the broken or defective air valve at the south radiator in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2012Violation dismissed 3 Mar 2013Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

37 violations on record in total, 1 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.

1 complaint in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Construction and illegal work0 / 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.

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)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    MENDEL JACOBOWITZ

    Public records list MENDEL JACOBOWITZ as the registered managing agent for this address as of 7 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    FOUR STANHOPE

    Public records list FOUR STANHOPE as the owner of record for this address as of 7 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 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 3032690011 · Block 3269, Lot 11 · Building class C2