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227 Dumont Avenue

A 3-story building with 32 apartments, built in 1975, in Brooklyn, NY 11212.

Addresses on the lot: 227 Dumont Avenue, 231 Dumont Avenue, 235 Dumont Avenue, 239 Dumont Avenue, 243 Dumont Avenue, 247 Dumont Avenue.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

22open HPD violations10 immediately hazardous
15complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
May 2025latest housing court case7 cases on record, all years

227 Dumont Avenue has 22 open HPD violations, 10 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 15 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION LLC.

Does 227 Dumont Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 22 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most10
B, hazardous30 days10
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

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, 10 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 15 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 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 227 Dumont Avenue?

227 Dumont Avenue is registered with HPD to MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

At least 50 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in May 2025. HPD’s record has 7 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11212 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 227 Dumont Avenue rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 5, 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 3-03559-0001.