281 Brook Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- 2 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (13 vs ~10)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1904) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 59 units registered
About this building
City records list 1904 as the year built — older than 89% of the 345 buildings we cover in ZIP 10454. 59 apartments — the most of any of the 7 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 3 times the size of its lot: 62,060 sq ft of building on a 20,401 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 20, 2026.
281 Brook Avenue
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- City records show 8 open HPD violations, 2 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 2020 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 59 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: Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked boiler room door. at basement.
- 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.
281 Brook Avenue sits in Bronx, ZIP 10454. The closest subway is Brook Av (6) (1-minute walk), served by the 6 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 2020 · 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.
- 2026-10-02
- 2026-10-02
- 2026-07-15
- 2026-07-15
- 2020-12-11
- Class C · 2 open · penalty 30 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 6 open · penalty 30 · (5/ea)
- 2026-07-08 · Apt 2B · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-07-08 · Apt 2B · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2026-07-08 · Apt 2B · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2002-03-26
- 2001-02-27
- 1994-06-09
1 lead-paint hazard cited and later remediated (most recent 2014); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
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 1904). 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: 177
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 136
- FELONY ASSAULT: 91
- ROBBERY: 89
- PETIT LARCENY: 83
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 207
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 111
- PLUMBING: 73
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 71
- Noise - Commercial: 60
- 260 BROOK AVE
- 245 BROOK AVENUE
- 235 BROOK AVENUE
- P.S. 179
- Young Leaders Elementary School
- P.S. 220 Mott Haven Village School
- IS 222
- P.S./I.S. 224
- Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology
- International Community High School
- South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School
- Brook Av
- Cypress Av
- 3 Av-138 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Academy Of Exploratory Arts
- Academy Of Applied Mathematics And Technology
- P.s. 049 Willis Avenue
- Mott Haven Academy Charter School
- 40 Precinct Personnel Parking
- Saw Mill Playground
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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