243 Harman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
1 immediately hazardous violation open. 2 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 21 · 1
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 18 violations from 1987 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.3 (2 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 18 Jun 2025 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
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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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThis 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 violationImmediately hazardous1 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.
Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint walls north room & walls & ceiling 3 syt east an apartment center room deutsch 919 9179.
Issued 1 Sept 1987First no access to re- inspect violation 25 Jun 2025Lead paint§ 27-2013
Hazardous1 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 1 sty east an apartment.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Not complied with 22 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1
17 closed violations, plus 7 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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.
Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 1st story at east
Issued 18 Jun 2025Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044 +3
Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint walls 1 sty east an apartment south room santos no phone.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation closed 31 Jul 2025Lead paint§ 27-2013
Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 1 sty east an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 21 Sept 1988Violation closed 22 Jun 2025Pests§ 27-2018
Replace with new the broken or defective marble door saddle entrance 1 sty west an apartment bathroom., section '' ''
Issued 29 Sept 1987Violation closed 22 Jun 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective entrance 1 sty east an apartment.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation dismissed 22 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceilng 1 sty east an apartment bathroom.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation closed 22 Jun 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color wall under sink 1 sty east an apartment kitchen.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation closed 22 Jun 2025Leaks and plumbing§ D26-10.01
File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1
Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods rear fire escape
Issued 17 Dec 1999Violation closed 19 Nov 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005
2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the rear yard
Issued 17 Dec 1999Violation closed 19 Nov 2014Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010
Properly secure the loose wood sidings east exterior wall building
Issued 17 Dec 1999Violation closed 19 Nov 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Fire egress defective. make stationary the iron ladder leading to scuttle opening in roof 3 sty public hall to roof
Issued 17 Dec 1999Violation dismissed 19 Nov 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 3 sty west an apartment pinckney., section '' ''
Issued 20 Nov 1989Violation closed 19 Nov 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wires ceiling 2 room from kitchen south 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation closed 19 Nov 2014Electrical§ D26-10.01 +1
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood paneling walls installed 1 sty vestibule.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation closed 19 Nov 2014Walls and ceilings§ 300
Fire egress defective. make stationary the iron ladder leading to scuttle opening in roof 3 sty public hall.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation dismissed 19 Nov 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak ceiling over sink 2 sty east an apartment kitchen.
Issued 1 Sept 1987Violation closed 19 Nov 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1
26 violations on record in total, 2 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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.
4 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Construction and illegal work0 / 2
- Noise1 / 2
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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 filingBuilding 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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- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
JOEL STAUBER
Public records list JOEL STAUBER as the registered managing agent for this address as of 11 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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Owner of record
243 HARMAN STREET LLC
Public records list 243 HARMAN STREET LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 11 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
243 Harman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
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.
- The city currently has one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
- 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.
- This building dates from 1931 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 2 open housing violations: 1 immediately hazardous, 1 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (1).
On 18 Jun 2025. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 3032780040 · Block 3278, Lot 40 · Building class C2