189 Schermerhorn Street
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 81% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (1 vs ~7)
- Built in 2007 (city records)
About this building
City records list 2007 as the year built — newer than 72% of the 97 buildings we cover in ZIP 11201. The building’s floor space is 10.8 times the size of its lot: 231,366 sq ft of building on a 21,438 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 15, 2026.
Class B
Class C
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189 Schermerhorn Street
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- City records show no open HPD violations under HPD building ID 928873 — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
189 Schermerhorn Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11201. The closest subway is Hoyt St (2,3) (2-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, B, C, F, G, Q, and R lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-06-23 · Apt 4Q · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- Dec 13, 2023 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- Jun 30, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- Jun 30, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2007, 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: 91
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 65
- FELONY ASSAULT: 50
- HARRASSMENT 2: 47
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 23
- Illegal Parking: 517
- Noise - Residential: 50
- Snow or Ice: 40
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 39
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 27
- 160 LIVINGSTON ST
- 1 HOYT STREET
- 491 FULTON ST
- P.S. 261 Philip Livingston
- P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
- P.S. 038 The Pacific
- P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
- Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Y
- Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill
- Brooklyn Frontiers High School
- Pacific High School
- P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
- Hoyt St
- Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts
- Jay St-MetroTech
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- United Career Centers
- Ged - P2g - Brooklyn D.a.'s - Ahsep
- Sterling School
- Medical Aid Training Schools Inc
- Willoughby Plaza
- St Francis College
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 Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 50 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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