240 Crown Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~80% of buildings in this ZIP (111 open)
- 39 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1927) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 136 units registered
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
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.
240 Crown Street
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- City records show 111 open HPD violations, 39 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 2004 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 136 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at bulkhead….
- 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.
240 Crown Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11225. The closest subway is President St-Medgar Evers College (2,5) (3-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, and S lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 2004. 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.
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM EAST, 6th STOR…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT NORTH WALL IN…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6C, 6t…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITC…"
- 2026-06-03 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT PLASTER AT CEILING AT 1s…"
- 2024-04-05
- 2022-07-23
- 2022-07-23
- 2022-06-16
- 2022-06-03
- Class C · 39 open · penalty 585 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 49 open · penalty 245 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 23 open · penalty 23 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-27 · Apt 6C · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-04-15 · Apt 1D · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-04-15 · Apt 1D · EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2025-08-18
- 2025-06-03
- 2023-01-04
- Apr 22, 2025 "FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. OBSERVED @ EXP#1 MULTIPLE STEP CRACKS BY PATCHED WORK…"
- Oct 23, 2024 "FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTE: AT TIME OF INSPECTION IN COURTYARD AREA OBSERVED…"
- Jun 20, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
5 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2015). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
36 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 1927). 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.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 16
- HARRASSMENT 2: 16
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 12
- FELONY ASSAULT: 10
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 7
- Noise - Residential: 497
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 411
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 102
- Illegal Parking: 97
- PLUMBING: 80
- 290 ROGERS AVE
- 308 ROGERS AVENUE
- 345 MONTGOMERY ST
- P.S. 161 The Crown
- Success Academy Crown Heights (Brooklyn 7)
- P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- Success Academy Crown Heights (Brooklyn 7)
- M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School
- Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
- President St-Medgar Evers College
- Sterling St
- Nostrand Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 161 The Crown
- Trail Blazer Camps
- Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights
- Beth Rivkah High School
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- Daisley Institute, Inc
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
- 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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