256 Heyward Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~95% of buildings in this ZIP (55 open)
- 5 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 8 of 8 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2.4 times the size of its lot: 7,200 sq ft of building on a 3,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 3, 2026.
256 Heyward Street
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- City records show 55 open HPD violations, 5 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?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 8 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: Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the south….
- 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.
256 Heyward Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11206. The closest subway is Broadway (G) (2-minute walk), served by the G line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: June 2008 · Most recent: December 2025. 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.
- 2025-08-12
- 2025-08-12
- 2025-08-12
- 2025-08-12
- 2025-08-12
- 2025-08-12
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 29 open · penalty 145 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 21 open · penalty 21 · (1/ea)
- 2025-08-11 · Apt 3L · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2025-08-11 · Apt 3L · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2025-08-11 · Apt 3L · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2015-03-03 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 1994-06-01
- 1993-08-16
5 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2025); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
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 2025) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 145
- SEX CRIMES: 79
- HARRASSMENT 2: 64
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 31
- GRAND LARCENY: 27
- Illegal Parking: 38
- Abandoned Vehicle: 19
- Blocked Driveway: 19
- Traffic Signal Condition: 14
- For Hire Vehicle Complaint: 13
- 152 UNION AVENUE
- 440 BROADWAY
- 429 SOUTH 5 STREET
- Beginning with Children Charter School II
- P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary
- P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay
- Beginning with Children Charter School II
- Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
- I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos
- Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
- El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice
- Lyons Community School
- Broadway
- Hewes St
- Lorimer St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- El Puente Academy For Peace And Justice
- De Hostos Playground
- Beth Rachel School For Girls 60
- Uta 125
- Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
- Bais Ruchel High School
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 75 Mbps down · 75 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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