256 Melrose Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~89% of buildings in this ZIP (33 open)
- 5 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.
256 Melrose Street
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- City records show 33 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 2013 — 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: Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating….
- 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 Melrose 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
- 2026-05-14 "567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EV…"
- 2025-03-14 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY"
- 2025-03-14 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd…"
- 2025-03-14 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AT P…"
- 2025-03-14 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ.FT AT CEILING AT PU…"
- 2026-05-14
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 8 open · penalty 40 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 20 open · penalty 20 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-09 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-01-19 · Apt 1R · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
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 1931. 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.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 63
- PETIT LARCENY: 51
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 32
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 31
- GRAND LARCENY: 29
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 345
- Noise - Commercial: 282
- Noise - Residential: 142
- Blocked Driveway: 99
- Illegal Parking: 62
- 172 JEFFERSON ST LLC
- MUHAMMAD, JOSE
- MUHAMMAD, JOSE
- 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.
- Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn
- I.S. 347 School of Humanities
- I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech.
- Williamsburg Charter High School
- Central Av
- Morgan Av
- Myrtle Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Eng 218 - Parking
- Achievement First University Prep High School
- El Garden
- Momenta Art, Inc.
- Brooklyn United Children - Wilson
- Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
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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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