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302 Grove Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

6 immediately hazardous violations open. 14 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 17 violations before that, the first in 2006.

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Open per apartment
2.3 (14 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
21 Mar 2017 (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

Immediately hazardous6 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.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 21 Mar 2017Notice sent out 21 Mar 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Remove the illegal fastening slide bolt capable of being padlocked, (total 2) at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jul 2010Notice sent out 11 Jul 2010§ 27-2005 +1

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) west wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 17 Sept 2008Defect letter issued 5 Jul 2010Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, east wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 17 Sept 2008Defect letter issued 5 Jul 2010Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at west wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall, east wall, west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 17 Sept 2008Defect letter issued 5 Jul 2010Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system, door to cellar locked

    Issued 10 Sept 2008Not complied with 5 Jul 2010Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous6 open

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

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items, at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jul 2010Notice sent out 11 Jul 2010Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors, in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 15 Sept 2008Not complied with 5 Jul 2010Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in drain at shower stall in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 21 Aug 2006First no access to re- inspect violation 9 Jul 2010Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wire at ceiling and south wall in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 21 Aug 2006First no access to re- inspect violation 9 Jul 2010Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 21 Aug 2006First no access to re- inspect violation 9 Jul 2010Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 21 Aug 2006First no access to re- inspect violation 9 Jul 2010Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

Non-hazardous2 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 bulkhead door at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 21 Mar 2017Notice sent out 23 Mar 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 15 Sept 2008Not complied with 5 Jul 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices3 open

The owner failed to file something the city requires, most often the annual property registration or the annual bedbug report. Real violations, and they say something about an owner, but not a condition anyone is living in. Kept out of the count at the top of this page for that reason.

  • ×2File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.

    2 issued 9 Jun 2025 to 4 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Jul 2010Notice sent out 11 Jul 2010Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

3 closed violations, plus 5 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 an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 21 Mar 2017Violation dismissed 28 Jun 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations... in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 21 Mar 2017Violation dismissed 28 Jun 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of consisting of air conitioner at window in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 21 Mar 2017Violation dismissed 28 Jun 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

25 violations on record in total, 17 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, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise1 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 20 Apr 2017

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.

  • 20231 eviction

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.

  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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

    CANDIDO MACARENO

    Public records list CANDIDO MACARENO as the owner of record for this address as of 10 Oct 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 city currently has 6 open immediately-hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern, how many are in the one you would be renting, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2024). 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. This building dates from 1931 and has 3 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  4. 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.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. 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 3033260024 · Block 3326, Lot 24 · Building class C2