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ViolationScout23 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 4 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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243 East 56th St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-04704-0051

En español: 23 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 52 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 27 años abierta, desde el 30 de septiembre de 1998.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 23 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 4 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 27 years, since September 30, 1998.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 6 Class C violations: 5 by the original certify-by date, 1 after it. How certification works

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23 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed September 30, 1998.

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HPD takes complaints from tenants through 311.

DOB violations
1 active DOB violation, issued August 16, 1993.
DOB complaints
1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed July 31, 2026.
Bedbug report
Filed January 26, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).
HPD emergency repair order
1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 29, 2023: a general construction order, opened February 14, 2024, awarded for $3,890.

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 C23 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19199151
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19199150
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19065743241 EAST REALTY LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18850097241 EAST REALTY LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18658737241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent18658734241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent18658728241 EAST REALTY LLC
Vermin / InfestationNot complied with18542701241 EAST REALTY LLC
Vermin / InfestationDefect letter sent18542700241 EAST REALTY LLC
MoldDefect letter sent18445605
The report lists all 23, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B29 open most often Fire Safety
Fire SafetyOpen19250238
Fire SafetyOpen19250237
Notice sent19199153
Notice sent19065748241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent19065747241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent19065746241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent19065745241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent19065744241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent19065742241 EAST REALTY LLC
Notice sent18850096241 EAST REALTY LLC
The report lists all 29, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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The most common category among the open records here is vermin and pests.

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Questions about this building

Does 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn had 52 open violations on September 27, 2026: 52 from HPD. 23 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 27 years, since September 30, 1998.

Is 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 23 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 4 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 6 Class C violations: 5 by the original certify-by date, 1 after it. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Does 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued August 16, 1993. 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 DOB received complaints about 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn?

Yes. 1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed July 31, 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 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn marked completed?

Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 29, 2023: a general construction order, opened February 14, 2024, awarded for $3,890. 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.

When did 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On January 26, 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.

Is 243 East 56 Street, 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 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1930 as the year 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up apartment building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 243 East 56 Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 12 residential units at 243 East 56 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 complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, 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 complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, 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, 243 East 56th St, Brooklyn: 23 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/243-east-56-street-brooklyn

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