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290 Menahan Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

13 open violations, none immediately hazardous.

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Open violations
139 · 4
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 16 violations before that, the first in 1999.

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Open per apartment
2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
31 Jan 2014 (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

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

Hazardous9 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling, south wall in the 5th room from east at north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the south wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing electrical switch cover at north wall in the 2nd bathroom from east at center, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the north wall in the 1st room from east at south, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the east wall in the 3rd room from east at south, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective electrical switch at north wall in the 5th room from east at south, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Electrical§ 27-2005

  • 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 fixture present light not on

    Issued 26 Mar 1999Not complied with 30 Jan 2014Electrical§ 27-2040

Non-hazardous4 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.

  • Refit the wood door at east wall off set #1 in the 5th room from east at north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st radiator from north at east wall in the 1st room from east at south, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective electrical switch at north wall in the 2nd bathroom from east at center, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 2nd bathroom from east at center, the 1st bathroom from east at center, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Notice sent out 1 Apr 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

3 closed violations, plus 12 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.

  • 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 one or more lights with an aggregate of not less than 200 watts incandescent or equivalent at front yard

    Issued 31 Jan 2014Violation dismissed 1 Jun 2014Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items, garbage bags and and barbeque grill at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 31 Jan 2014Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. make stationary the iron ladder leading to scuttle opening in roof, at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 31 Mar 2009Violation closed 30 Jan 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

28 violations on record in total, 13 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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 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

    MAURICE HARE

    Public records list MAURICE HARE as the owner of record for this address as of 9 Jun 2026. 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 has 9 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. 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.
  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 3033190010 · Block 3319, Lot 10 · Building class C2