138 Willoughby Street
Top insights
- 1 open hazardous (Class C) violation
- Built in 2017 (city records)
About this building
City records list 2017 as the year built — newer than 84% of the 97 buildings we cover in ZIP 11201. The building’s floor space is 24.7 times the size of its lot: 530,633 sq ft of building on a 21,474 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
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138 Willoughby Street
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- City records show 7 open HPD violations, 1 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 2023 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location….
- 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.
138 Willoughby Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11201. The closest subway is DeKalb Av (B,Q,R) (2-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, B, C, F, G, Q, and R lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: December 2023 · Most recent: January 2024. 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.
- 2024-01-18 "§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVA…"
- 2024-01-18 "§ 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NE…"
- 2024-01-18 "§ 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY…"
- 2024-01-18 "§ 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMIS…"
- 2024-01-18 "§ 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGA…"
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class A · 6 open · penalty 6 · (1/ea)
- 2025-12-31 · Apt 30C · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-05-27 · Apt 15B · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2023-08-03
- Jun 30, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- Jun 30, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- Jun 30, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2017, 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
- PETIT LARCENY: 175
- GRAND LARCENY: 41
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 39
- HARRASSMENT 2: 38
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 24
- Illegal Parking: 589
- Noise - Residential: 92
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 70
- Noise: 52
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 33
- 147 PRINCE ST
- 150 MYRTLE AVENUE
- 365 BRIDGE ST
- P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
- P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey
- Community Roots Charter School
- P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
- Community Roots Charter School
- Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Y
- P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
- George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education
- City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Archi
- DeKalb Av
- Hoyt St
- Jay St-MetroTech
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Grade A
- United Career Centers
- City Polytechnic High School Of Engineering, Architecture, And Technology
- Cuny Nyc College Of Technology
- Community Roots Charter School
- Medical Aid Training Schools Inc
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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
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 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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