137 88th Street
Top insights
- 8 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1926) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 40 of 42 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2.8 times the size of its lot: 31,000 sq ft of building on an 11,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
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.
137 88th Street
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- City records show 13 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 2021 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 40 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: Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) throughout the public….
- 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.
137 88th Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11209. The closest subway is 86 St (R) (8-minute walk), served by the R line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 2021 · Most recent: September 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.
- 2026-09-22 "§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC AREAS IN ACCOR…"
- 2026-09-22 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING AT BULKHEAD , 4th STORY, SECTION AT EAST"
- 2026-09-22 "§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONS…"
- 2026-09-22 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING AT BULKHEAD , 4th STORY…"
- 2026-09-22 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AT B…"
- 2024-08-09
- 2024-06-24
- 2024-05-20
- 2024-05-11
- Class C · 8 open · penalty 120 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 2 open · penalty 10 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-13 · Apt 1L · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-07-13 · Apt 1L · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-07-13 · Apt 1L · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2026-02-19
- 2025-07-02 "BASED ON LIC #001343 BEING INACTIVE, STOP ALL PLUMBING WORK UNDER JOB #320122121 IMMEDIATELY"
- 2024-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2023-04-25 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
11 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2024); 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 1926). 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: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2024) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
- Illegal Parking: 104
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 31
- Blocked Driveway: 25
- Noise - Residential: 20
- Street Light Condition: 14
- 223 88 STREET
- 248 88 STREET
- 241 86TH ST
- P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock
- P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School For The Arts
- P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School
- P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School
- Fort Hamilton High School
Levels add up to 5 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 4 distinct schools are within range.
- 86 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 185 Walter Kassenbrock
- Adelphi Academy
- D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
- Bay Ridge Historical Society
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 Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 Mbps up
How to check internet providers before signing an NYC lease →
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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