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305 Eldert Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1909 · 4-story walk-up · 10 apartments

7 open violations, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
76 · 1
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202240
202300
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 30 violations from 2013 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 3
  • Heat and hot water 1
Open per apartment
0.7 (7 open across 10 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
11 Oct 2022 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110
2026–27 (so far)110

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

Hazardous6 open

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

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2022Notice sent out 11 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2022Notice sent out 11 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling in the 3rd room from north at east, 4th story at east

    Issued 13 Dec 2018Notice sent out 16 Dec 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at east wall in the 1st room from north at east, 4th story at east

    Issued 13 Dec 2018Notice sent out 16 Dec 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 3rd room from north at east, 4th story at east

    Issued 13 Dec 2018Notice sent out 16 Dec 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the east wall in the 1st room from north at east, 4th story at east

    Issued 13 Dec 2018Notice sent out 16 Dec 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 4th room from north at east, 4th story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2019Notice sent out 13 Jan 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

27 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 10 Jan 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 28 Dec 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household items, 2nd story balcony, south at fire escape

    Issued 19 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 19 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening padlockable latch bar with eye, south yard

    Issued 19 Aug 2019Violation closed 19 Sept 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Refit upper and lower sash, north window in the 1st room from north at east, 4th story at north

    Issued 9 Jan 2019Violation dismissed 25 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperable, 4th story at north

    Issued 20 Nov 2017Violation dismissed 25 Feb 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). inoperable, 4th story at north

    Issued 20 Nov 2017Violation dismissed 25 Feb 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 4th story

    Issued 14 Mar 2017Violation closed 11 May 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at boiler room at cellar

    Issued 14 Mar 2017Violation closed 2 May 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department east wall at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Dec 2016Violation closed 2 May 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire rated east wall at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Dec 2016Violation closed 2 May 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots at fire escape, 2nd story

    Issued 28 Dec 2016Violation dismissed 19 Mar 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of refrigerator door intact at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Dec 2016Violation dismissed 19 Mar 2017Appliances§ 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 on wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 23 Apr 2015Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door to boiler room locked at first story public hall

    Issued 24 Mar 2015Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 10 Dec 2014Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 10 Dec 2014Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective radiator at west wall in the 4th bedroom from north at west, 4th story

    Issued 2 Dec 2014Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective radiator at north wall in the 1st bedroom from north at east, 4th story

    Issued 2 Dec 2014Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and south wall in the 3rd room from north, 4th story

    Issued 2 Dec 2014Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at south

    Issued 7 Jul 2013Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance lower window sash in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at south

    Issued 7 Jul 2013Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance lower window sash in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 7 Jul 2013Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at south

    Issued 7 Jul 2013Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling and walls in the bathroom, 3rd story at south

    Issued 7 Jul 2013Violation closed 30 Nov 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 4th story

    Issued 24 Mar 2015Violation dismissed 1 Oct 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling and walls in the bathroom, 3rd story at south

    Issued 7 Jul 2013Violation closed 27 Aug 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

38 violations on record in total, 7 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water2 / 2
  • Noise0 / 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.

3 cases, all closed.

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 10 Apr 2017

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 30 Apr 2015

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 27 Jan 2006

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)
Show 6 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 20231 of 9 units reported infested (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 20211 of 9 units reported infested (2019 report)
  • 20202 of 9 units reported infested (2018 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

    DIRECT BUILDING MANAGEMENT

    Public records list DIRECT BUILDING MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 10 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (7 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    LINCINCO INC

    Public records list LINCINCO INC as the owner of record for this address as of 10 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 city has 6 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 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 3034130066 · Block 3413, Lot 66 · Building class C1