251 Bergen Street
Brooklyn · Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, NY 11217
Also listed by the City as 143 Nevins Street
251 Bergen Street is a 5-apartment building in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, built in 1900, managed by El-taieb 2017 Family Trust. The City has 60 open housing-code violations on file for it, 23 of them immediately hazardous, about 12.0 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 6 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 5 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by El-taieb 2017 Family Trust
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- Units
- 5
- Year built
- 1900
- Neighborhood
- Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 5 days from complaint to close, faster than the 6-day neighborhood median.
6tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 4 the year before
60open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 12.0 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 23
- Hazardous
- 29
- Non-hazardous
- 8
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks18
- Stairs, floors and ceilings13
- Other repairs11
- Pests7
- Heat or hot water7
- Leaks, damp or mould3
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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