The most common category among the open records here is heat and hot water.
Questions about this building
Does 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn have open violations?
Yes. 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn had 25 open violations on September 26, 2026: 23 from HPD and 2 from OATH/ECB. 15 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous.
Is 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn getting better or worse?
Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 15 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends September 26, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.
Is 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn in housing court?
Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened May 15, 2026. 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.
Has DOB received complaints about 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn?
Yes. 1 DOB complaint in the last 12 months. It was filed February 24, 2026. Anyone can complain to DOB about a building or the work going on in it, and DOB then inspects and decides whether there is a violation. A conversion complaint says an apartment may have been added or changed without approval. It is a complaint, not a finding.
Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn marked completed?
Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 28, 2023: a plumbing order, opened January 31, 2025, awarded for $3,800. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.
Does 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn have a certificate of occupancy?
Its latest certificate of occupancy is a final one, issued March 31, 2023. 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.
Is 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn rent stabilized?
The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.
When was 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn built?
The city's record gives 1941 as the year 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a residence with stores or offices with 4 floors.
How many apartments does 55 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn have?
The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 6 residential units at 55 Carlton Avenue, 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 complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB certificates of occupancy, HPD emergency repair orders and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 26, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own records are the authority on what is open today.
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ViolationScout, 55 Carlton Ave, Brooklyn: 15 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 26, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/55-carlton-avenue-brooklyn
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