479 Central Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (918 open)
- 209 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1920) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1920 as the year built — older than 73% of the 1,203 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221. The building’s floor space is 2.1 times the size of its lot: 5,150 sq ft of building on a 2,498 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 17, 2026.
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- City records show 918 open HPD violations, 209 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 2007 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material….
- 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.
479 Central Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Halsey St (J) (8-minute walk), served by the J and Z lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 2007 · Most recent: May 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.
- 2026-05-04
- 2025-11-19
- 2025-07-21
- 2025-07-21
- 2025-07-21
- 2025-02-20
- 2025-02-19
- 2025-02-19
- 2024-12-30
- 2024-12-30
- Class C · 209 open · penalty 3135 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 11 open · penalty 11 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 576 open · penalty 2880 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 122 open · penalty 122 · (1/ea)
- 2025-10-07 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-10-06 · Apt 1R · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-10-03 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- Nov 14, 2025 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- Oct 8, 2025 "SEAL ALL FIRE DAMAGED OPENINGS TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC AND PROPERTY AND TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY"
- Oct 7, 2025
2 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2015). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
12 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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 1920). 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: 12
- HARRASSMENT 2: 7
- FELONY ASSAULT: 5
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 4
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 3
- Blocked Driveway: 83
- Noise - Residential: 79
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 61
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 37
- Illegal Parking: 35
- 203 CORNELIA ST
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- 189 WEIRFIELD STREET
- P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale
- P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier
- P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field
- I.S. 296 - The Anna Gonzalez Community School
- Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration
- J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes
- Bushwick Community High School
- All City Leadership Secondary School
- Halsey St
- Gates Av
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- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Grade A
- Grade A
- Madison Square Garden Association
- Math, Engineering And Science Academy Charter High School
- P.s. 299 Thomas Warren Field
- P.s. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson
- Tiger Playground
- Irving Square Park
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
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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