199 Amboy Street
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
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~60% of buildings in this ZIP (27 open)
- 16 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1930) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
The building’s floor space is 3.9 times the size of its lot: 23,465 sq ft of building on a 6,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
199 Amboy Street
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- City records show 27 open HPD violations, 16 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 2020 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required….
- 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.
199 Amboy Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11212. The closest subway is Rockaway Av (3) (6-minute walk), served by the 3 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: July 2020 · Most recent: April 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.
- 2026-04-06
- 2026-01-12
- 2026-01-12 "§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS."
- 2021-09-08
- 2021-09-08
- Class C · 16 open · penalty 240 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 11 open · penalty 55 · (5/ea)
- 2026-01-20 · Apt 113 · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2025-10-12 · Apt 113 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-10-11 · Apt 113 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2018-06-13 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2018-04-06 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2017-10-18 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1930. 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. 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: 17 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2026) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 62
- PETIT LARCENY: 49
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 42
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 39
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 26
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 76
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 46
- Noise - Residential: 30
- Blocked Driveway: 28
- Illegal Parking: 26
- 241 BLAKE AVE
- 578 ROCKAWAY AVE
- 269 DUMONT AVE
- P.S./I.S. 323
- East New York Preparatory Charter School
- P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English
- P.S./I.S. 323
- East New York Preparatory Charter School
- P.S. K396
- Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
- HS Of Redirection
- P.S. K396
- Rockaway Av
- Saratoga Av
- Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Brownsville Ascend Charter School
- Mott Hall Bridges Academy
- Saratoga Blake Garden
- Fantasy Garden
- Betsy Head Park
- Hoparkinson R&l Block Association Garden
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 Mbps up
- 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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