401 Chester Street
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
Top insights
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (47 vs ~10)
- Built in 2021 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 157 of 157 units
About this building
City records list 2021 as the year built — newer than 93% of the 474 buildings we cover in ZIP 11212, and the newest of the 5 buildings we cover on this block. At 8 floors, the tallest on this block. 157 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block, and more than 94% of the 462 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11212 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 5.3 times the size of its lot: 117,450 sq ft of building on a 22,025 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
401 Chester Street
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- City records show 8 open HPD violations, 3 immediately hazardous (Class C) under 381 Chester Street — the address HPD files this building’s records under, not the address on this page. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2024 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 157 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: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- 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.
401 Chester Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11212. The closest subway is Rockaway Av (3) (1-minute walk), served by the 3 and L lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: October 2024 · Most recent: September 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.
- 2026-09-21
- 2026-09-21
- 2026-09-21
- 2026-08-20
- 2026-08-19
- 2026-08-20
- 2024-10-18
- 2024-10-18
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 4 open · penalty 4 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-17 · Apt 7C · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-06-17 · Apt 7C · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-05-14 · Apt 8C · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2023-05-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2021, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 124
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 112
- PETIT LARCENY: 89
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 74
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 59
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 137
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 87
- Noise - Residential: 73
- PLUMBING: 49
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 37
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- Rockaway Av
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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
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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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