217 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

217 Court Street is a four-story, six-unit residential building constructed in 1900 in Brooklyn's Cobble Hill neighborhood, currently owned by Charles Schwartz. The building's maintenance history reveals several concerning patterns, with the most recent significant issues occurring in late 2023 and early 2024 when multiple complaints regarding site conditions endangering workers were filed.

Although no violations were found during inspections in November 2023 and February 2024, these complaints indicate potential construction-related concerns. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past few years, including a heat and hot water emergency complaint in February 2022 where inspectors were denied access to investigate, and multiple unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage in April 2021 that resulted in violations. Apart from these issues, the building underwent several corrections following a comprehensive inspection in 2021, which resulted in multiple violations being issued, including mold remediation in bathroom tiles and repair of plastered surfaces in the kitchen of apartment 4R.

The inspection also led to the proper posting of several safety notices, including those related to gas leak procedures, carbon monoxide detector requirements, and building registration information. Notably, the building has maintained a clean record for bedbugs since 2020, with all annual reports showing zero infested units, and its recent rodent inspections in 2012-2013 showed compliance after initial rat activity was noted in 2010. The Department of Buildings records indicate regular permit issuance for the property, with the most recent understood to be related to construction work, though specific details on the nature of these permits are not provided in the available data.