257 Eckford Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~83% of buildings in this ZIP (15 open)
- Built in 1999
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
257 Eckford Street
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- City records show 15 open HPD violations 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 2019 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: And is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations….
257 Eckford Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11222. The closest subway is Nassau Av (G) (5-minute walk), served by the G line.
Building Condition
- 2025-11-24 "§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-20…"
- 2024-12-04 "§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-20…"
- 2023-11-28 "§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-20…"
- 2022-11-17 "§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-20…"
- 2022-03-16 "§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-20…"
- 2019-05-14
- Class I · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 7 open · penalty 35 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2001-05-08
- 1998-04-28 "WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. HAZARDOUS WORK NOTED: COMPLETE DEMO OF STRUC- TURE/FOUNDATION CURRENTLY BEING REMOVED A…"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1999, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 106
- SEX CRIMES: 51
- HARRASSMENT 2: 49
- GRAND LARCENY: 39
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 19
- Illegal Parking: 79
- Noise - Residential: 34
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 24
- General Construction/Plumbing: 23
- Noise: 21
- P & P CANDY STORE INC.
- T-Mobile Northeast LLC
- T-Mobile Northeast LLC
- P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry
- P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont
- P.S. 110 The Monitor
- John Ericsson Middle School 126
- The Greenpoint Community Middle School At The John
- Greenpoint High School For Engineering And Automot
- A-Tech High School
- Frances Perkins Academy
- Nassau Av
- Greenpoint Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Triskelion Arts - Kick/Standance, Inc.
- Complicated, Incorporated
- P.s. 031 Samuel F. Dupont
- Woven Spaces, Inc.
- Ucp Of Nyc - The Greenpoint School
- Living Image Arts, Inc.
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- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 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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