229 Troutman Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03174-0046BIN 3072334

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 active DOB violation(s)
024 open HPD violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — of about 6 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2019 — 5

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building62 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2020-02-035+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2020-02-035+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2020-02-035+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2017-08-185+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2020-01-28 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2020-01-21 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1656

Noise reports · last 12 mo

138

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk618

Residential506

Commercial408

Unspecified75

Vehicle49

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

325

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony104

Misdemeanor158

Violation63

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

SERLIN BUILDING LP

Head officer

LINDA VERA

Managing agent

DIRECT BUILDING MANAGEMENT

62 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-12-04 · $11,740,800

Most recent mortgage2008-12-04 · $2,078,713

Sale2008-12-04$11,740,800

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUING DEVELOPMENT FUND → SERLIN BUILDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Mortgage2008-12-04$2,078,713

borrower SERLIN BUILDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP · lender CITY OF NEWYORK

Mortgage2005-02-10$11,194,978

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HDFC, INC., SERLIN BUILDING MANAGEMENT,INC. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2005-02-10$11,194,978

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HDFC, INC., SERLIN BUILDING MANAGEMENT,INC. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2005-02-10$1,089,466

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HDFC, INC., SERLIN BUILDING MANAGEMENT,INC. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale