420 Kent Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Jun 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
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 60% of buildings in this ZIP
- Built in 2016 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 605 units registered
About this building
City records list 2016 as the year built — newer than 94% of the 268 buildings we cover in ZIP 11249. The building’s floor space is 6.8 times the size of its lot: 543,250 sq ft of building on a 79,918 sq ft lot. 605 apartments — more than 99% of the 268 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11249 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 26, 2026.
420 Kent Avenue
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 605 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.
420 Kent Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11249. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
- 2026-04-09 · Apt 108 · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-04-09 · Apt 108 · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2025-08-30 · Apt 826 · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-09-10
- 2024-05-13
- 2024-01-04
- 2023-12-12
- 2023-03-28
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2022-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2022"
- 2019-09-04 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2016, 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: 23
- PETIT LARCENY: 20
- GRAND LARCENY: 14
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 11
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 8
- Noise - Residential: 71
- Illegal Parking: 45
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 28
- Noise - Commercial: 27
- Noise: 25
- 420 KENT AVENUE
- 416 KENT AVENUE
- 444 KENT AVENUE
- P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly
- P.S. 084 Jose De Diego
- Success Academy Charter School - Williamsburg
- P.S. 084 Jose De Diego
- Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School
- Success Academy Charter School - Williamsburg
Levels add up to 7 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 5 distinct schools are within range.
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Cohn Triangle
- Roberto Clemente Ballfield
- I'm From Driftwood
- Williamsburg Montessori
- Epiphany Playground
- Be'ikvei Hatzoin
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 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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