231 Eldert Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207

231 Eldert Street is a 3-story, 6-unit tenement building built in 1905 and currently owned by Sara Chacon. The building has experienced recurring maintenance and compliance issues over the past two years. Most notably, there have been multiple problems with access for inspections, particularly regarding unsanitary conditions, heat/hot water complaints, and general maintenance issues.

The most recent complaints in 2025 involve pest problems (June) and rodent activity (May), following an established pattern of rodent issues in previous years. The building has documented violations requiring attention to various safety and maintenance matters, particularly in apartment 2R, including issues with the bathtub, plaster surfaces, doors, and kitchen cabinet. While the fire escape safety inspection in November 2024 did not reveal violations, several other complaints have gone unresolved due to lack of access for inspection. The property has undergone multiple rodent inspections, with mixed results between 2022-2025, showing some persistence of the pest issue.

Heating and hot water problems have been a recurring theme, with complaints in both 2023 and 2025. The building appears to be actively monitored for compliance with housing maintenance codes, as evidenced by recent inspections in 2025, though there are several open violations in apartment 2R from the 2023 inspection that remain unaddressed as of October 2023. Importantly, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past six reporting periods, with zero reported cases since 2018. Recent inspections (2025) have shown some progress, with one compliance inspection passing and no active rat activity noted, but the persistence of access issues for inspections and the pattern of recurring maintenance complaints suggest ongoing challenges with building conditions.