272 St James Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238
272 St. James Place is a four-story, eight-unit residential building constructed in 1930 and currently owned by Freddiemae Carson.
The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past two years, with seven emergency complaints filed between November 2022 and May 2025, indicating persistent problems with the building's heating system. In addition to the heat-related concerns, there are multiple ongoing issues with rodent activity, with the most recent inspections in 2025 showing rat activity, and previous inspections in 2022 and 2024 also indicating similar problems. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development has recently issued several open violations (as of October 2024) related to safety and compliance matters, including missing required notices about smoke detector requirements, gas leak procedures, and carbon monoxide detector requirements, as well as a broken wire glass issue at the first-story vestibule door.
The building has also accumulated several Department of Buildings violations concerning the failure to file mandatory external low-pressure inspections for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023, with these violations still appearing as active as of September 2024. There have been past issues with unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage documented in 2022, though these were resolved. While some inspections have been conducted with no violations found (such as the April 2024 rodent inspection), the pattern of recurring heating system failures and rodent activity suggests ongoing maintenance challenges within the building.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 8 |
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Year built | 1930 |
Total area | 10800 sq ft |
Floors | 4 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | NEW LAW TENEMENT |

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