Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

232 Putnam Ave

built 1899 · 3 stories · 3 apartments
The city records 2 separate buildings at this address. This card is one of them — see the other one.
Registered with the city: Desert Rose Holdings Inc.; DESERT ROSE HOLDINGS INC

Apartments named in these records

City records name 4 apartment labels, more than the 3 apartments the city lists for this building, so some are likely the same apartment written differently.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 51 complaints, 2025–2026 · 45 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
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Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · HPD violation
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Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · HPD violation
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2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · closed · HPD violation
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Heat and hot water complaints

49 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2025 · 1 in the past year

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Electrical

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Above grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

General condition and all records

HPD violations

101 open: 96 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (25), fire safety (15), smoke or CO detectors (12), doors and windows (9); 29 immediately hazardous (class C), 5 about paperwork or notices. Also 58 older records from 1988–2014 never closed. 7 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 201 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 166 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →
What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

Resident complaints to the city

53 heat or hot water, 7 plumbing, 6 paint or plaster, 4 electrical, 3 doors or windows, 2 floors or stairs, 2 leaks, 2 pests, 1 appliances, 1 mold, 1 unsanitary conditions

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Doors or windows, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, pestsApt 1
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Unsanitary conditions
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Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, pestsApt 1
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Appliances, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pests, leaksApt 3
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Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

  • DOB violationsfound0 open
  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

Sources

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