Does 42 Eldert Street, Brooklyn have open violations?
Yes. 42 Eldert Street, Brooklyn had 3 open violations on October 10, 2026: 3 from HPD. None is Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 2 months, since August 7, 2026.
Has 42 Eldert Street, Brooklyn been in housing court?
Yes. 1 housing court case here, opened in 2023. 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.
When did 42 Eldert Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?
On December 5, 2025, 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 42 Eldert Street, Brooklyn built?
The city's record gives 1915 as the year 42 Eldert Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a two-family dwelling with 2 floors.
How many apartments does 42 Eldert Street, Brooklyn have?
The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 2 residential units at 42 Eldert 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 HPD's housing court cases, DOB NOW work permits, HPD's annual bedbug reports, 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 HPD's housing court cases, DOB NOW work permits, HPD's annual bedbug reports, 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.
Cite this page
ViolationScout, 42 Eldert St, Brooklyn: 2 units, 3 open violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/42-eldert-street-brooklyn