42 Lewis 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
- More open HPD violations than ~73% of buildings in this ZIP (13 open)
- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 6 units registered
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2 times the size of its lot: 5,115 sq ft of building on a 2,500 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 2, 2026.
42 Lewis Avenue
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- City records show 13 open HPD violations, 6 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?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 6 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 at public hall.
- 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.
42 Lewis Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11206. The closest subway is Myrtle Av (M,J,Z) (3-minute walk), served by the J, M, and Z lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: July 2019 · 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.
- 2026-09-23
- 2026-09-23 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY"
- 2023-08-06
- 2023-08-06
- 2023-08-06
- 2026-09-23
- 2023-08-06
- 2022-08-11
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 4 open · penalty 20 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-18 · Apt 3A · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-07-31 · Apt 2B · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2025-07-31 · Apt 2B · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · SAFETY
- 2022-10-13
- 2022-10-13
- 2017-02-24 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2015-03-03 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2011-12-13 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT"
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 1931. 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: 131
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 128
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 98
- PETIT LARCENY: 92
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 67
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 161
- Noise - Residential: 121
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 77
- Noise - Commercial: 44
- Dirty Condition: 42
- 40 LEWIS AVENUE
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- Success Academy Charter School - Bed-Stuy 2
- JHS 033 Mark Hopkins
- Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business
- School of Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship
- P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center
- Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School
- Myrtle Av
- Flushing Av
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- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Pulaski Playground
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- Eleanor Roosevelt 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 980 Mbps down · 880 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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