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297 Rear Essex St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-03972-0001

En español: 11 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 30 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 19 años abierta, desde el 8 de marzo de 2007.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 11 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 19 years, since March 8, 2007.

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11 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed March 8, 2007.

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DOB violations
1 active DOB violation, issued January 13, 1997.
Certificate of occupancy
Final, issued May 25, 2018.
Boiler inspection
2 boilers, both inspected in 2026, the latest on August 25. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed May 1, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C11 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18471593
Notice sent18471584
Notice sent18471582
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18169731
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17627978
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17627977
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17627973
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17627972
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17624357
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17624356
The report lists all 11, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B19 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Fire SafetyNotice sent18471592
Notice sent18471591
Notice sent18471590
Notice sent18471589
Notice sent18471588
Notice sent18471587
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent18471586
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent18471585
Notice sent18471583
Notice sent18169733
The report lists all 19, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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Does 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn had 30 open violations on September 27, 2026: 30 from HPD. 11 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 19 years, since March 8, 2007.

Is 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 11 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

Does 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued January 13, 1997. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

Does 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn have a certificate of occupancy?

Its latest certificate of occupancy is a final one, issued May 25, 2018. A certificate of occupancy says how a building may be used and occupied. A temporary one lets people move in while work finishes and has to be renewed until DOB issues the final one. DOB's records here start in July 2012, so an older certificate may not show.

When was the boiler at 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn last inspected?

It has 2 boilers, both inspected in 2026, the latest on August 25. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On May 1, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

When was 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1930 as the year 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an elevator apartment building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 12 residential units at 297 Rear Essex Street, Brooklyn. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on DOB violations, DOB certificates of occupancy, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus DOB violations, DOB certificates of occupancy, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 297 Rear Essex St, Brooklyn: 12 units, 11 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/297-rear-essex-street-brooklyn

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