261 Lincoln Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~63% of buildings in this ZIP (8 open)
- 1 open hazardous (Class C) violation
- Built before 1939 (1933) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
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 Lincoln Avenue
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- City records show 8 open HPD violations, 1 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 no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock this is for building 273….
- 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 Lincoln Avenue sits in Staten Island, ZIP 10306. Subway data is currently unavailable for this address.
Building Condition
Issued May 2008. 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.
- 2008-05-20 "SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT NORTH WINDOW THIS IS FOR BUILDING 273 IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT LEFT, 2nd…"
- 2008-05-20 "SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CE…"
- 2008-05-20 "SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK THIS IS FOR BUILDING 273 I…"
- 2008-05-20 "SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE THIS IS FOR BUILDING 273 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT L…"
- 2008-05-20 "SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORD…"
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 5 open · penalty 25 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
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 1933. 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: 19
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 15
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 12
- PETIT LARCENY: 10
- GRAND LARCENY: 7
- Street Condition: 23
- Snow or Ice: 11
- Illegal Parking: 10
- Noise - Residential: 9
- Street Light Condition: 9
- 55 GRANT PL
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- P.S. 038 George Cromwell
- The Stephanie A. Vierno School
- I.S. R002 George L. Egbert
- New Dorp High School
- Grant City
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- Midland Field
- Park
- I.s. R002 George L. Egbert
- The Stephanie A. Vierno School
- Midland Playground
- P.s. 038 George Cromwell
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 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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