261 Lenox Road
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~89% of buildings in this ZIP (171 open)
- 48 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (86 vs ~31)
- Built in 1956
- Rent-stabilized: 118 of 120 units
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
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.
261 Lenox Road
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- City records show 171 open HPD violations, 48 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 2000 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 118 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: Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom.
- 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.
261 Lenox Road sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11226. The closest subway is Winthrop St (2,5) (3-minute walk), served by the 2 and 5 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: January 2000 · Most recent: October 2026. 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.
- 2026-09-29 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATE…"
- 2026-09-29 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC OUTLET SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT A…"
- 2026-09-29 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING ,WEST NORTH AN…"
- 2026-09-29 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING, EAST AND SOUT…"
- 2026-09-29 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM N…"
- 2026-09-29
- 2026-09-29
- 2026-09-01
- 2026-09-01
- 2026-07-14
- Class C · 48 open · penalty 720 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 96 open · penalty 480 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 27 open · penalty 27 · (1/ea)
- 2026-08-19 · Apt 2N · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-08-19 · Apt 2N · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-08-19 · Apt 2N · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2025-02-03
- 2025-02-03
- 2023-05-10
- 2021-04-29 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2021-03-17 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2021-03-17 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
1 open lead-paint hazard violation on record (most recent 2005). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
16 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 1956). 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: 152
- PETIT LARCENY: 107
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 92
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 42
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 39
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 262
- Noise - Residential: 166
- Dirty Condition: 138
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 108
- Illegal Parking: 106
- 1328 NOSTRAND AVE
- 1298 NOSTRAND AVE
- 1370 NOSTRAND AVE
- P.S. K141
- Explore Charter School
- P.S. 092 Adrian Hegeman
- P.S. K141
- Explore Charter School
- Parkside Preparatory Academy
- P.S. K141
- Achievement First Voyager Charter School
- Fahari Academy Charter School
- Winthrop St
- Church Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Lefferts Gardens Montessori
- Brooklyn 9 Sanitation Garage
- Is 2 Parking
- Kareful And Karefree Training School
- Gotham Career Institute Center For W
- Radical Evolution Performance Collective
Internet providers serving this area
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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