55 Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn · Fort Greene, NY 11205
55 Carlton Avenue is a 6-apartment building in Fort Greene, built in 1941. The City has 25 open housing-code violations on file for it, 15 of them immediately hazardous, about 4.2 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). Tenants filed 16 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 6 days (311, as of 27 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
The City has no management company registered for this building. That is normal for a small house, which only has to register if the owner does not live there.
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
- 6
- Year built
- 1941
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 6 days from complaint to close.
Complaints are down from 40 to 16 year on year.
16tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 40 the year before
25open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 4.2 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 15
- Hazardous
- 8
- Non-hazardous
- 2
What the open repairs are about
- Heat or hot water16
- Doors, windows and locks8
- Electrical3
- Stairs, floors and ceilings2
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 55 Carlton Avenue 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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