281 Marcus Garvey Boulevard
12 months to Jul 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Built in 1972 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 175 of 175 units
About this building
City records list 1972 as the year built — newer than 77% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221, and the newest of the 5 buildings we cover on this block. 175 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block, and more than 99% of the 1,207 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11221 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 2.2 times the size of its lot: 188,486 sq ft of building on an 87,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
281 Marcus Garvey Boulevard
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- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 175 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.
281 Marcus Garvey Boulevard sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
- 2021-09-29
- 2009-02-27
- 2008-03-21
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1972. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 99
- HARRASSMENT 2: 88
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 63
- FELONY ASSAULT: 38
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 36
- Noise - Residential: 260
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 85
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 63
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 44
- Illegal Parking: 41
- 268 MARCUS GARVEY BLVD
- 228 LEWIS AVE
- 518 MADISON ST
- P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell
- EMBER Charter School for Mindful Education, Innova
- P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey
- P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell
- EMBER Charter School for Mindful Education, Innova
- M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology
- Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- 79 Precinct Off-Street Parking
- Unity Preparatory Charter School Of Brooklyn
- 79th Precinct Parking
- Talmud Torah D'nitra
- P.s. 044 Marcus Garvey
- Raymond Bush 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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