131 3rd Avenue
Top insights
- 5 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (25 vs ~14)
- Built in 1971 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1971 as the year built — newer than 82% of the 57 buildings we cover in ZIP 11217. The building’s floor space is 2.1 times the size of its lot: 171,180 sq ft of building on an 81,700 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
131 3rd Avenue
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- City records show 8 open HPD violations, 5 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 2021 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide an adequate supply of heat from an approved central heating system, or an approved….
- 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.
131 3rd Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11217. The closest subway is Union St (R) (6-minute walk), served by the R line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2021 · Most recent: February 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.
- 2026-02-02 "§ 27-2028, 2032 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FROM AN APPROVED CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM, OR AN APPROVED SYST…"
- 2026-02-02 "§ 27-2028, 2032 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FROM AN APPROVED CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM, OR AN APPROVED SYST…"
- 2026-02-02 "§ 27-2037, 2038 HMC: PROVIDE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE FIXTURES AT ALL ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXT…"
- 2024-05-13 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR NORTH WALL IN THE KITC…"
- 2024-05-13 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 3rd AP…"
- 2021-05-12
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 2 open · penalty 10 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-08-10 · Apt 2F · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-08-10 · Apt 2F · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-08-10 · Apt 2F · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-07-07
- 2026-06-23
- 2025-12-04
- 2025-12-03
- 2025-11-25
- 2024-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2024"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1971. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 81
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 54
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 42
- PETIT LARCENY: 39
- FELONY ASSAULT: 32
- Illegal Parking: 226
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 128
- Noise - Residential: 108
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 65
- Non-Emergency Police Matter: 47
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Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 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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