1209 Dekalb Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Oct 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
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 74% of buildings in this ZIP
- Built in 2012 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 127 of 127 units
About this building
City records list 2012 as the year built — newer than 84% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221. The building’s floor space is 2.3 times the size of its lot: 101,957 sq ft of building on a 44,950 sq ft lot. 127 apartments — more than 99% of the 1,207 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11221 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
1209 Dekalb Avenue
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 127 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.
1209 Dekalb Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Central Av (M) (3-minute walk), served by the J, M, and Z lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-07-14 · Apt 316 · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-02-02 · Apt 215 · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2023-11-13
- 2018-11-28 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2018-03-21 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2016-06-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2012, 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
- HARRASSMENT 2: 80
- PETIT LARCENY: 59
- GRAND LARCENY: 54
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 51
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 46
- Illegal Parking: 92
- Blocked Driveway: 30
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 28
- Dirty Condition: 27
- Street Condition: 23
- 1185 DEKALB AVENUE
- 823 BUSHWICK AVE
- 1113 BROADWAY
- P.S. 274 Kosciusko
- P.S. 026 Jesse Owens
- P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella
- I.S. 347 School of Humanities
- I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech.
- Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business
- Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellen
- EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick
- Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School
- Central Av
- Kosciuszko St
- Myrtle Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Old 83 Precinct Off Street Parking
- Young Jean Lee's Theater Company
- Old 73 Precinct Off Street Parking
- Old 83 Precinct Off Street Parking
- Eng 218 - Parking
- P.s. 274 Kosciusko
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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