500 Saint Johns Place
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~61% of buildings in this ZIP (64 open)
- 36 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (31 vs ~14)
- Built before 1939 (1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 111 units registered
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
500 Saint Johns Place
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- City records show 64 open HPD violations, 36 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 2023 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 111 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show 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 mice 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.
500 St Johns Place sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. The closest subway is Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum (2,3) (3-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, and S lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-07-30 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RUBER GASKET AT REFRIGRATOR TOP AND BOTTOM IN THE KITC…"
- 2026-07-30 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PAINT METAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPT. REGULATION DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5I, 5th STORY, SE…"
- 2026-07-30 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5I, 5th STORY,…"
- 2026-07-30 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5I, 5th STO…"
- 2026-07-09 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATE…"
- 2026-07-30
- 2026-07-30
- 2024-08-29
- 2024-01-11
- 2024-01-11
- Class C · 36 open · penalty 540 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 26 open · penalty 130 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-30 · Apt 4T · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-04-09 · Apt 5H · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-03-10 · Apt 5H · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- Apr 29, 2021 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- Apr 6, 2018 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT"
- Jan 26, 2018 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
17 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2024). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
33 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 1931). 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.
Also on record: 33 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2024) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
- Illegal Parking: 168
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 149
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 120
- Noise - Residential: 77
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 52
- CELL PHONE GEEK, INC.
- BURGOS, LUIS A.
- WASHINGTON COFFEE & NEWS INC
- P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud
- P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston
- P.S. 022
- Elijah Stroud Middle School
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- I.S. 340
- Elijah Stroud Middle School
- I.S. 340
- Ebbets Field Middle School
- Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum
- Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
- Park Pl
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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
- 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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