116 Cortelyou Road
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~61% of buildings in this ZIP (57 open)
- 8 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1930) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 6 of 6 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2.1 times the size of its lot: 5,250 sq ft of building on a 2,500 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 13, 2026.
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
116 Cortelyou Road
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- City records show 57 open HPD violations, 8 immediately hazardous (Class C) 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 1991 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 6 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: Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required….
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
116 Cortelyou Road sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11218. The closest subway is Ditmas Av (F) (2-minute walk), served by the F line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: January 1991 · Most recent: December 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.
- 2022-10-20 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE RESET, SO AS TO SECURE A PROPER AND TIGHT CONNECTION, THE WATER CLOSET BOWL ... IN THE BATHROOM LOCAT…"
- 2022-10-13 "§ 27-2056.7 ADM CODE: CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE M…"
- 2022-10-13 "§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS."
- 2017-09-26 "§ 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SA…"
- 2012-07-27 "§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATION…"
- Class C · 8 open · penalty 120 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 37 open · penalty 185 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 12 open · penalty 12 · (1/ea)
- 1994-07-25
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1930. Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960. The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
Also on record: 2 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2022) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 19
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 17
- GRAND LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE: 13
- HARRASSMENT 2: 12
- GRAND LARCENY: 10
- Illegal Parking: 79
- Noise - Park: 31
- Snow or Ice: 27
- Blocked Driveway: 21
- Maintenance or Facility: 21
- 127 CORTELYOU RD
- 558 E 2ND ST
- 533 E 2ND ST
- P.S. 179 Kensington
- P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney
- P.S. K134
- J.H.S. 223 The Montauk
- Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice
- J.H.S. 062 Ditmas
- Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice
Levels add up to 11 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 10 distinct schools are within range.
- Ditmas Av
- Church Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Rabbit Hole Ensemble
- J.h.s. 223 The Montauk
- P.s. 179 Kensington
- Dome Playground
- Gan Yisroel
- Yeshiva And Beth Hamedrash Shaarei
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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