256 Dean Street
Brooklyn · Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, NY 11217
256 Dean Street is a 4-apartment building in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, built in 1920. The City has 15 open housing-code violations on file for it, 2 of them immediately hazardous, about 3.8 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.
The City has this building registered to a person rather than a company, and we do not publish individual names.
No tenant reviews yet
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
- 1920
- 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.
0tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
15open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 3.8 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 2
- Hazardous
- 6
- Non-hazardous
- 7
What the open repairs are about
- Other repairs7
- Pests7
- Doors, windows and locks2
- Stairs, floors and ceilings2
- Rubbish and cleanliness1
- Heat or hot water1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 256 Dean Street yet.
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? Does management answer the phone, and were you charged what you expected? No public record answers any of that. Only someone who lived here can.
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