1038 Greene Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (6 vs ~4)
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~65% of buildings in this ZIP (1 open)
- Built in 2016 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 39 of 39 units
About this building
City records list 2016 as the year built — newer than 89% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221. 39 apartments — the most of any of the 11 buildings we cover on this block, and more than 94% of the 1,207 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11221 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 3.8 times the size of its lot: 30,125 sq ft of building on an 8,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
1038 Greene Avenue
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- City records show 1 open HPD violation at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2022 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 39 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide a mirror in self-service elevator arranged so as to enable a person entering….
1038 Greene Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Kosciuszko St (J) (4-minute walk), served by the J, M, and Z lines.
Building Condition
Issued April 2022. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2020-02-21
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-13 · Apt 7C · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-01-31 · Apt 7C · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-01-30 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2021-06-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- 2016-12-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2015 INSPECTION/TEST"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2016, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 73
- HARRASSMENT 2: 70
- SEX CRIMES: 66
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 60
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 44
- Illegal Parking: 141
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 117
- Noise - Residential: 67
- ELECTRIC: 55
- PLUMBING: 50
- 1236 BROADWAY
- 1258 BROADWAY
- 1262 BROADWAY
- P.S. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy
- P.S. 274 Kosciusko
- P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella
- Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business
- School of Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship
- M.S. 143 Performing & Fine Arts
- EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick
- Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellen
- Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School
- Kosciuszko St
- Gates Av
- Central Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center, Inc.
- P.o. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
- Brooklyn High School For Law And Technology
- P.s. 274 Kosciusko
- Junior Academy League
- P.s. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Optimum Cable Fiber Up to 8,000 Mbps down · 8,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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