1522 55th Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~81% of buildings in this ZIP (84 open)
- 9 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 54 of 54 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 4.5 times the size of its lot: 49,326 sq ft of building on an 11,000 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
1522 55th Street
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- City records show 84 open HPD violations, 9 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 1992 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 54 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: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- 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.
1522 55th Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11219. The closest subway is 55 St (D) (7-minute walk), served by the D line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: December 1992 · Most recent: March 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.
- 2025-11-26 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE BAT…"
- 2025-11-26 "§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLES, STROLLERS, CARTON BOXES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT…"
- 2025-11-26 "§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLES, STROLLERS, CARTON BOXES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT…"
- 2025-11-26 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND SOUTH WALL…"
- 2025-11-26 "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEV…"
- 2025-11-26
- 2025-04-10
- 2025-01-24
- 2024-12-05
- 2024-12-05
- Class C · 9 open · penalty 135 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 62 open · penalty 310 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 13 open · penalty 13 · (1/ea)
- 2025-11-18 · Apt 4H · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2025-11-18 · Apt 4H · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2025-11-18 · Apt 4H · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2024-05-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
6 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2023); 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 1931). 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.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- SEX CRIMES: 74
- PETIT LARCENY: 24
- RAPE: 11
- HARRASSMENT 2: 11
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 7
- Noise - Residential: 62
- Missed Collection: 25
- Illegal Parking: 21
- Blocked Driveway: 17
- Damaged Tree: 14
- 5516 16 AVENUE
- 5430 16TH AVE
- 5414 16TH AVE
- The SEEALL Academy
- P.S. K231
- P.S. 048 Mapleton
- The SEEALL Academy
- P.S. K231
- J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow
- P.S. K231
Levels add up to 9 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 5 distinct schools are within range.
- 55 St
- 62 St/New Utrecht Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade B
- Hebrew Acad Spec Child 55th St Bklyn
- Yeshiva Imrei Yosef Spinka
- Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech
- The Seeall Academy
- Yeshiva Ketana Satmar Bp
- Torah Vyirah Of Boro Park
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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