1281 Union Street
Top insights
- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1921) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 52 of 54 units
About this building
City records list 1921 as the year built — older than 84% of the 229 buildings we cover in ZIP 11225. The building’s floor space is 2.6 times the size of its lot: 49,080 sq ft of building on a 19,163 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
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
1281 Union Street
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- City records show 17 open HPD violations, 6 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 2017 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 52 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: Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 10 sq ft….
- 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.
1281 Union Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11225. The closest subway is Nostrand Av (3) (1-minute walk), served by the 3 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: December 2017 · Most recent: August 2026. 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.
- 2026-08-17 "§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLES AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY"
- 2026-08-17 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT WEST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1s…"
- 2026-08-17 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE AT FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT WEST WALL…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL FLOORING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY L…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL FLOORING IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT…"
- 2026-06-03
- 2026-06-03
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 9 open · penalty 45 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-05-01 · Apt 4A · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2026-03-15 · Apt A3 · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-03-15 · Apt A3 · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2018-07-25 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2006-01-06
11 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2017); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
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 (this building: built 1921). 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: 6 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2025) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 65
- PETIT LARCENY: 35
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 33
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 29
- GRAND LARCENY: 25
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 95
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 85
- Rodent: 61
- Dirty Condition: 53
- Noise - Residential: 50
- 803 Nostrand Ave
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- 874 NOSTRAND AVE
- P.S. 161 The Crown
- Success Academy Crown Heights (Brooklyn 7)
- P.S. 138 Brooklyn
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- Success Academy Crown Heights (Brooklyn 7)
- P.S. 138 Brooklyn
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School
- Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
- Nostrand Av
- President St-Medgar Evers College
- Kingston Av
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- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 161 The Crown
- Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights
- Beth Rivkah High School
- Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
- Crown Heights Youth Collective
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
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 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 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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