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216 Putnam Avenue

A 4-story building with 23 apartments, built in 1931, in Brooklyn, NY 11216.

Addresses on the lot: 214 to 216 Putnam Avenue.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

30open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
18complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
22rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2021
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

216 Putnam Avenue has 30 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 18 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 210-216 REALTY LLC. 22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2021.

Does 216 Putnam Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 30 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most5
B, hazardous30 days20
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days5

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 5 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 18 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 216 Putnam Avenue?

216 Putnam Avenue is registered with HPD to 210-216 REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 3 older cases, the latest from 2007.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11216 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 216 Putnam Avenue rent stabilized?

22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2021, the same as in 2018. That’s 22 of the building’s 23 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 24, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 3-01827-0023.