163 Christopher Avenue
12 months to Jul 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Built in 1967 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1967 as the year built — newer than 83% of the 474 buildings we cover in ZIP 11212. The building’s floor space is 2.1 times the size of its lot: 387,560 sq ft of building on a 184,000 sq ft lot. 536 apartments — more than 98% of the 462 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11212 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
163 Christopher Avenue
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- This is NYCHA public housing, so HPD’s violation database isn’t the maintenance record — ask the management office for this unit’s open work-order history and average repair time.
163 Christopher Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11212. The closest subway is Sutter Av (L) (3-minute walk), served by the 3 and L lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-03-25
- 2023-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023"
- 2021-12-17 "FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION"
- 2020-06-29 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 - MULTIPLE YEARS (2019)"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1967. 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
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 150
- HARRASSMENT 2: 126
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 101
- PETIT LARCENY: 94
- FELONY ASSAULT: 72
- Noise - Residential: 123
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 60
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 27
- PLUMBING: 24
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 18
- 101 BELMONT AVENUE
- 1861 PITKIN AVE
- 384 MOTHER GASTON BLVD
- P.S. 150 Christopher
- P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz
- P.S. 332 Charles H. Houston
- P.S. 332 Charles H. Houston
- Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
- The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, a
- P.S. K396
- HS Of Redirection
- Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School
- Sutter Av
- Atlantic Av
- Junius St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Powell Playground
- Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
- P.s. 150 Christopher
- Tlc Sculpture Park Garden
- Brownsville Library
- Uncommon Brownsville South Cms
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Internet providers available in this area:
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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