161 PUTNAM AVENUE is a late-20th-century 1974 building, 5 floors, 8 units in Bedford-Stuyvesant, NYC. Owned by DCA 1 APARTMENTS, INC.. Public records show 135 open violations, 151 311 complaints, 2 active litigation matters on file. Risk signals: 1 bedbug report.
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Brooklyn · March 2026
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§ 27-2011 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE PUBLIC HALL AT ALL STORIES AND ALL STAIRS
§ 27-2022 ADM CODE POST A SIGN INDICATING HOURS OF COLLECTION AND METHOD OF COLLECTION OF WASTE MATERIAL WHERE DUMBWAITER SERVICE IS NOT PROVIDED. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING STOPPER AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT 1ST STORY
567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT THROUGHOUT YARD
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
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Bed-Stuy is Brooklyn's brownstone capital — block after block of stunning Victorian and Romanesque row houses, many beautifully restored. The neighborhood's Black cultural heritage runs deep (Biggie grew up here), and the restaurant scene on Tompkins and Lewis Avenues has exploded.
WATER LEAK — DAMP SPOT
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
HPD Class A Violation — § 27-2022 ADM CODE POST A SIGN INDICATING HOURS OF COLLECTION AND METHOD OF COLLECTION OF WASTE MATERIAL WHERE DUMBWAITE
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING STOPPER AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT 1ST
HPD Class A Violation — § 27-2011 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE PUBLIC HALL AT ALL STORIES AND ALL STAIRS
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
Dirty Condition — Trash
Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
Dirty Condition — Trash