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251 Harman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

No open housing violations. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
None openNo open housing violations on record.
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202350
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 25 violations from 1993 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
  • Pests 1
Inspector last found a problem
26 Sept 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

Nothing open. 32 violations in the record, all of them closed.

30 closed violations, plus 2 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.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 26 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 25 Dec 2023Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 26 Sept 2023Violation closed 26 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing permanently installed floor hook and haspe at door at door to cellar (at bottom of stairs) at cellar

    Issued 26 Sept 2023Violation closed 22 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of kick down door stops at building entrance door and vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 26 Sept 2023Violation closed 22 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of permanently installed floor hook and haspe at door to cellar at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 26 Sept 2023Violation closed 22 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counterbalance on lower sash window 1st from east in the 3rd room from north, 1st story

    Issued 27 Jun 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening padlockable latch at scuttle hatch cover at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 27 Jun 2017Violation closed 18 Jul 2017§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective sliding doors clothes closet front and 2 room fronm front 3 sty west an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1993Violation closed 14 Jun 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing tread 4th up from bottom 2nd story balcony fire escape at rear yard

    Issued 28 Jul 2014Violation closed 26 Aug 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose wash basin to wall in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jul 2014Violation closed 26 Aug 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective concrete and ceramic tile at floor in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jul 2014Violation closed 30 Jul 2014Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lock at rear exit door, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jul 2014Violation closed 30 Jul 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 1st room from east, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jul 2014Violation closed 30 Jul 2014Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective vanity at wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jul 2014Violation closed 30 Jul 2014§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color - the east wall in the 1st room from east, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jul 2014Violation closed 28 Jul 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling front room 3 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1994Violation closed 24 Sept 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 25 Aug 1994Violation closed 24 Sept 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over front room 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1994Violation closed 24 Sept 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling 2 room from rear 3 sty west an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1993Violation closed 24 Sept 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective intercom system entrance to bldg to 3 sty west an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1993Violation closed 24 Sept 2013Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets washbasin bathroom 3 sty west an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1993Violation closed 24 Sept 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Reset, so as to secure a proper and tight connection, the water closet bowl bathroom 3 sty west an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1993Violation closed 24 Sept 2013§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling front room 3 sty west an apartment, section '' ''

    Issued 25 Aug 1993Violation closed 24 Sept 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective air vent in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 10 Feb 2000Violation closed 27 Aug 2013§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor throughout in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 10 Feb 2000Violation closed 27 Aug 2013Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective upper and lower window sashes in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 10 Feb 2000Violation closed 27 Aug 2013Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing draw kitchen sink cabinet in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 10 Feb 2000Violation closed 27 Aug 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower window glass kitchen in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 10 Feb 2000Violation closed 27 Aug 2013Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 10 Feb 2000Violation closed 27 Aug 2013Pests§ 27-2018

  • Replace with new the missing hand rail at entrance to building at east, 1st story

    Issued 6 Jan 2013Violation closed 24 Jan 2013§ 27-2005

32 violations on record in total, 0 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.

16 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 9
  • Garbage and cleanliness3 / 5
  • Pests0 / 2

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

  • Registered managing agent

    RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

    Public records list RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP as the registered managing agent for this address as of 21 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (57 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    JOE RB HARMAN HDFC

    Public records list JOE RB HARMAN HDFC as the owner of record for this address as of 21 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. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  3. 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 3032780036 · Block 3278, Lot 36 · Building class C2