499 East 8th Street
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
- More open HPD violations than ~93% of buildings in this ZIP (141 open)
- 28 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (39 vs ~18)
- Built in 1963 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 83 units registered
About this building
City records list 1963 as the year built — newer than 94% of the 155 buildings we cover in ZIP 11218. The building’s floor space is 4 times the size of its lot: 88,528 sq ft of building on a 22,000 sq ft lot. 83 apartments — more than 90% of the 155 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11218 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 9, 2026.
499 East 8th Street
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- City records show 141 open HPD violations, 28 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 2013 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 83 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: Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges.
- 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.
499 East 8th Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11218. The closest subway is Cortelyou Rd (Q) (8-minute walk), served by the Q line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: April 2013 · 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.
- 2026-09-22
- 2026-09-22
- 2026-09-22
- 2026-09-22
- 2026-09-22
- 2025-02-12
- 2024-05-21
- 2024-05-21
- 2022-10-01
- 2022-06-27
- Class C · 28 open · penalty 420 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 83 open · penalty 415 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 30 open · penalty 30 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-28 · Apt 7C · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-04-09 · Apt 7F · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-04-08 · Apt 7F · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-06-26
- 2024-12-06
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2021-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
2 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2023); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2023) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 15
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 6
- FELONY ASSAULT: 4
- GRAND LARCENY: 3
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 3
- Illegal Parking: 244
- Blocked Driveway: 62
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 55
- Noise - Residential: 25
- Snow or Ice: 17
- 428 E 9TH ST
- 920 CORTELYOU RD
- 763 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE
- P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty
- P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
- Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
- J.H.S. 062 Ditmas
- Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
- M.S. 890
- Cortelyou Rd
- Ditmas Av
- Newkirk Plaza
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Rabbit Hole Ensemble
- Peace Academy
- Brave New World Repertory Theatre, Inc.
- Inst For Career Training & Developme
- Bonim Lamokom
- Cortelyou Library
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 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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