247 Cumberland Street
Brooklyn · Fort Greene, NY 11205
247 Cumberland Street is a 4-apartment building in Fort Greene, built in 1850, managed by Melech Realty CORP. The City has 76 open housing-code violations on file for it, 8 of them immediately hazardous, about 19.0 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by Melech Realty CORP
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The City’s record below shows what inspectors found. It can’t tell anyone whether the heat actually works, how long the super takes, or whether management picks up the phone. Only someone who lived here can.
- Units
- 4
- Year built
- 1850
- Neighborhood
- Fort Greene
- Borough
- Brooklyn
This building’s record with the City
Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.
0tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
76open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 19.0 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 8
- Hazardous
- 35
- Non-hazardous
- 33
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings19
- Doors, windows and locks16
- Pests12
- Other repairs10
- Smoke and CO alarms8
- Leaks, damp or mould4
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026
What tenants say
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