256 Malcolm X Boulevard
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
- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1891) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1891 as the year built — older than 98% of the 881 buildings we cover in ZIP 11233. Inside the Bedford Stuyvesant / Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. The building’s floor space is 2.8 times the size of its lot: 7,000 sq ft of building on a 2,500 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
256 Malcolm X Boulevard
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- City records show 10 open HPD violations, 6 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 2006 — 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: Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment.
- 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 Malcolm X Boulevard sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11233. The closest subway is Utica Av (A,C) (7-minute walk), served by the A and C lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 2006 · Most recent: August 2024. 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.
- 2024-08-22
- 2024-08-22
- 2017-11-30
- 2017-11-30
- 2017-11-30 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4L, 4th STORY"
- 2024-08-22
- 2024-08-22
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 4 open · penalty 20 · (5/ea)
- 2023-05-12
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2024-08-09
- 2024-08-09
3 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2008). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
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 1891). 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 2006) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 47
- PETIT LARCENY: 39
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 26
- GRAND LARCENY: 22
- FELONY ASSAULT: 20
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 96
- Blocked Driveway: 79
- Illegal Parking: 43
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 40
- Maintenance or Facility: 38
- 569 HALSEY ST
- 592 HALSEY ST
- 220 MALCOLM X BLVD
- P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary Schoo
- Excellence Boys Charter School
- P.S. 021 Crispus Attucks
- Excellence Boys Charter School
- M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology
- M.S. 143 Performing & Fine Arts
- Boys and Girls High School
- Utica Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.o. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
- Ember Charter School For Mindful Education, Innovation And Transformation
- Bailey's Cafe
- Macon Library
- Brevoort Playground
- P.s. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy
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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