198 Jefferson Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~97% of buildings in this ZIP (68 open)
- 17 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
198 Jefferson Street
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- City records show 68 open HPD violations, 17 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 2008 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 6 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Mdl and 28 rcny §25-171: replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or….
- 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.
198 Jefferson Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11206. The closest subway is Central Av (M) (6-minute walk), served by the J, L, M, and Z lines.
Building Condition
- 2024-05-29 "§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVA…"
- 2024-05-29 "§ 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMIS…"
- 2024-02-14 "§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY,…"
- 2024-02-14 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND SOUTH…"
- 2024-02-14 "§ 27-2044, 2041.1 HMC: §238 MDL and 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEF…"
- 2024-02-14
- 2024-02-14
- Class C · 17 open · penalty 255 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 40 open · penalty 200 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 11 open · penalty 11 · (1/ea)
- 2017-02-24 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2009-12-31
- 2002-03-26
1 open lead-paint hazard violation on record (most recent 2018). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
7 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2015) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 79
- PETIT LARCENY: 62
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 56
- GRAND LARCENY: 32
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 28
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 335
- Noise - Commercial: 272
- Blocked Driveway: 86
- Illegal Parking: 71
- Noise - Residential: 69
- MUHAMMAD, JOSE
- MUHAMMAD, JOSE
- AHMED GHALEB
- P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson
- P.S. 123 Suydam
- P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia
- I.S. 347 School of Humanities
- I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech.
- J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler
- I.S. 347 School of Humanities
- I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech.
- Williamsburg Charter High School
- Central Av
- Morgan Av
- Jefferson St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Bushwick Starr, Inc.
- Eng 218 - Parking
- Old 83 Precinct Off Street Parking
- Achievement First University Prep High School
- El Garden
- Brooklyn United Children - Wilson
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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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