234 Rochester Avenue, Brooklyn

Winter heat outages mark the building's main internal issue, while neighboring blocks carry noise and air-quality signals.

This 12-unit Crown Heights building operates as subsidized housing under NYCHA. Heat calls surface repeatedly inside the building during winter, while surrounding streets show heavy noise and air-quality complaints. Three things to know:

Winter heat failures recur in tenant calls. 15 heat and hot water complaints were logged over the last year for this 12-unit property. Calls clustered around January 2026, including an entire-building outage alongside individual apartment reports, with follow-up calls extending into late March 2026.

Air quality and food venting complaints pop up within three blocks. Within three blocks of the building, 6 indoor air quality reports and 5 food establishment calls were logged over the past year. These air-quality and venting issues typically point to commercial kitchens or shared riser bleed affecting nearby apartments.

Residential noise complaints run high on surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the building, residents logged 426 residential noise calls over the past 12 months. The bulk of calls center on interior banging, pounding, and loud parties rather than simple street chatter.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 293 unsanitary condition calls within three blocks over the trailing year, dominated by pests and mold
• 233 plumbing calls within three blocks in the past 12 months, mostly water supply and sink issues
• 103 street noise calls within three blocks over the past year

234 Rochester Avenue is a 12-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3013790043). This building is associated with NYC Housing Authority. Brix tracks 5 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1931, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 37 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Heat/hot Water: 28 complaints
• Safety: 6 complaints
• Door/window: 2 complaints
• Appliance: 1 complaint

The most recent complaint on this building was filed March 29, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM
• § 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
• § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INOPERABLE BASEBOARD HEATING SYSTEM IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 2C, 2nd

The building last changed hands on April 18, 1985, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 18/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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