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211 Essex St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-03957-0002

Built
1901
Floors
2
Residential units
1
Building type
One-family dwelling
Zoning district
R5B
Lot area
2,500 sq ft
Floor area
1,404 sq ft
Last sale
$850,000

En español: 8 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 20 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 13 años abierta, desde el 5 de agosto de 2013.

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  1. 8

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Heat / Hot Water.

    43 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 11

    Class B, hazardous

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  3. 1

    OATH/ECB summons still active

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 8 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

The original certify-by dates on the 19 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was June 10, 2024. The report prints the date beside each one.

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8 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed August 5, 2013.

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OATH/ECB summonses
2 DOB summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $18,750 in penalties imposed. 1 of them is still active, the one listed under OATH/ECB. 2 judgments docketed, the latest on October 31, 2025. A docketed judgment shows up in a title search.
  • May 19, 2025, DOB: Failure to maintain building in code-compliant manner. Decided by default, $6,250 penalty imposed.
  • July 13, 2023, DOB: Unlawful acts. Failure to comply with an order of the commissioner. Decided by default, $12,500 penalty imposed.

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DOB violations
8 active DOB violations, most of them for construction. The newest was issued August 7, 2023.
Housing court
12 housing court cases here since 2013.
DOB permits
1 DOB work permit in effect, for Construction Fence work, issued September 30, 2026.

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C8 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Notice sent16905092
Notice sent16782452
Notice sent16782411
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16782379
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16782349
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16731596
Notice sent16731587
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16731576
Class B11 open
Notice sent16905095
Notice sent16905090
Notice sent16782459
Notice sent16782455
Notice sent16782454
Notice sent16782450
Notice sent16782445
Notice sent16782439
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent16782433
Notice sent16731617
The report lists all 11, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
OATH/ECB1 open
Construction, Class 2Decided by default39148322R211 ESSEX STREET

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The most common category among the open records here is heat and hot water.

Heat and hot water in Brooklyn

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Questions about this building

Does 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn had 20 open violations on October 10, 2026: 1 from OATH/ECB and 19 from HPD. 8 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 13 years, since August 5, 2013.

Is 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 8 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

Does 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 8 active DOB violations, most of them for construction. The newest was issued August 7, 2023. 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.

Has 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn been in housing court?

Yes. 12 housing court cases here since 2013. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

Are any DOB work permits in effect at 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn?

Yes. 1 DOB work permit in effect, for Construction Fence work, issued September 30, 2026. A permit in effect allows the work it names. It does not mean the work has started or finished, or that it fixes any violation on this page.

When was 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1901 as the year 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an one-family dwelling with 2 floors.

How many apartments does 211 Essex Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 1 residential unit at 211 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 OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB NOW work permits, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 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 OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB NOW work permits, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. 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, 211 Essex St, Brooklyn: 1 unit, 8 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/211-essex-street-brooklyn

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