296 Ellery Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~77% of buildings in this ZIP (16 open)
- 2 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 2 of 6 units
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
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.
296 Ellery Street
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- City records show 16 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 2019 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 2 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures where illegal….
- 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.
296 Ellery Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11206. The closest subway is Flushing Av (M,J) (2-minute walk), served by the J, M, and Z lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-11-10 "§ 27-2087 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES WHERE ILLEGAL AND PROPERLY SEAL P…"
- 2025-11-10 "§ 27-2081 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS…"
- 2023-05-15 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 6 SQ FEET AT SOUTH WA…"
- 2023-05-15 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 4 SQUARE FEET AT SOUT…"
- 2020-05-27 "§ 27-2032, 2034 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ILLEGAL SPACE AND/OR HOT WATER HEATER AND PROVIDE FILED FOR & APPROVED HEATE…"
- 2019-08-19
- 2019-05-16
- Class C · 2 open · penalty 30 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 2 open · penalty 30 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 12 open · penalty 60 · (5/ea)
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
1 lead-paint hazard cited and later remediated (most recent 2023); 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 1931). 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
- PETIT LARCENY: 171
- HARRASSMENT 2: 108
- GRAND LARCENY: 76
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 73
- FELONY ASSAULT: 70
- Illegal Parking: 131
- Noise - Residential: 42
- Dirty Condition: 30
- Blocked Driveway: 30
- Graffiti: 26
- FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF NEW YORK, INC.
- FOOD AND DELI BY NEIL INC
- T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC
- P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia
- P.S. 059 William Floyd
- Success Academy Charter School - Bed-Stuy 2
- JHS 033 Mark Hopkins
- The School for the Urban Environment
- Success Academy Charter School - Bed-Stuy 1
- P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center
- JHS 033 Mark Hopkins
- Williamsburg Charter High School
- Flushing Av
- Myrtle Av
- Lorimer St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Beaver Noll Park
- Ged P2g-Brooklyn Transition - Ahsep
- Bushwick Playground
- Ged-P2g-Opp For Btr Tomorrow2-Ahsep
- Uta 110
- P.s. 059 The Dawn Best School
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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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