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242 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments

No open housing violations.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 23 violations before that, the first in 2009.

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Inspector last found a problem
12 Jun 2018 (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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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

Nothing open. 28 violations in the record, all of them closed.

24 closed violations, plus 4 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.

  • The premises have been vacated by an order of this department and cannot be reoccupied except for caretaker until a new certificate of occupancy has been obtained.

    Issued 27 Apr 2009Violation closed 25 Jun 2018§ 27-2089

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 1st story

    Issued 12 Jun 2018Violation closed 20 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • ×2Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance., 1st story

    2 issued 12 Jun 2018Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative., 1st story

    Issued 12 Jun 2018Violation closed 20 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of smoke detector installed in the sleeping area., 1st story

    Issued 12 Jun 2018Violation closed 20 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 19 May 2018Violation closed 20 Jun 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance 3rd story south east apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 24 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 187,231 m/d law & dept rules & reg. provide means of egress from yard to street by fireproof passageway for which application must be filed for approval,or by unlocked door or gate in fence to adjoining premises with consent of adjacent owner.

    Issued 24 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 53

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing bent shoe at droplader fire escape at rear yard.

    Issued 24 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint fire escape.at rear yard all stories.

    Issued 24 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing rung second down from top at gooseneck ladder at roof rear.

    Issued 24 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations.. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

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

    Issued 12 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 12 May 2018Violation closed 18 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage walls and ceilings in the entire apartment, 4th story at north

    2 issued 20 Apr 2009Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage walls and ceilings in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    2 issued 20 Apr 2009Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage walls and ceilings in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    2 issued 20 Apr 2009Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage walls and ceilings in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 20 Apr 2009Violation closed 13 May 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage walls and ceilings in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 20 Apr 2009Violation closed 13 May 2018Walls and ceilings§ 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, 100 watts required.

    Issued 17 Mar 2009Violation closed 13 May 2018Electrical§ 27-2040

28 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.

2 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise1 / 1
  • Pests0 / 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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No 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

    STEPHEN FICANO

    Public records list STEPHEN FICANO as the registered managing agent for this address as of 17 Nov 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (12 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    242 IRVING AVENUE LLC

    Public records list 242 IRVING AVENUE LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 17 Nov 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 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.
  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 3033000036 · Block 3300, Lot 36 · Building class C1