# 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3047040051/243-east-56-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3047040051 · BIN 3103133 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 36 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 12 apartments
- 25 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2022-02-03.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 12 stabilized units for 2023, of about 12 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 12, 2022: 12, 2023: 12.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1930, 4 floors, 12 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

92 open (class C immediately hazardous: 36, class B hazardous: 46, class A non-hazardous: 10); 569 on record.
25 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 14 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 1 on record; 1 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

42 in the last 12 months; 144 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (26), WATER LEAK (25), PLUMBING (17), HEAT/HOT WATER (16), PAINT/PLASTER (15).

## Bedbugs

2 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 241 EAST REALTY LLC
- Agent: CK ANDERSONS, LLC
- HeadOfficer: CORNELIUS JAFFIER
- Officer: DEVON JAFFIER
- Shareholder: DEVON JAFFIER
- Shareholder: CORNELIUS JAFFIER
- SiteManager: CORNELIUS JAFFIER

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (CORNELIUS JAFFIER at 545 EAST 80 STREET).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3047040051/243-east-56-street-brooklyn