196 Albany Avenue
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- Built in 1973 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1973 as the year built — newer than 97% of the 230 buildings we cover in ZIP 11213, and the newest of the 5 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 3.4 times the size of its lot: 35,768 sq ft of building on a 10,430 sq ft lot.
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196 Albany Avenue
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196 Albany Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11213. The closest subway is Kingston Av (3) (7-minute walk), served by the 3, 4, and C lines.
Building Condition
- Dec 1, 2021 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- Apr 29, 2021 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- Feb 3, 2020 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1973. 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
- PETIT LARCENY: 19
- HARRASSMENT 2: 14
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 11
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 7
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 7
- Noise - Residential: 79
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 61
- Illegal Parking: 45
- PLUMBING: 30
- WATER LEAK: 25
- 224 ALBANY AVE
- 228 ALBANY AVE
- 15 VIRGINIA PLACE
- KIPP AMP Charter School
- P.S. 289 George V. Brower
- P.S. 243K- The Weeksville School
- KIPP AMP Charter School
- M S 390 Maggie L. Walker
- Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence
- KIPP AMP Charter School
- Pathways in Technology Early College High School (
- Paul Robeson High School
- Kingston Av
- Kingston-Throop Avs
- Crown Hts-Utica Av
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- Grade A
- Grade A
- Academy For Health Careers
- The School Of Integrated Learning
- Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
- Uncommon New York City Charter School #1
- P.s. 243k- The Weeksville School
- Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
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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