538 East 85th Street
12 months to Nov 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1925) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
538 East 85th Street
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538 East 85th Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11236. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
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 1925. 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: 36
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 14
- PETIT LARCENY: 14
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 13
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 10
- Noise - Residential: 34
- Illegal Parking: 27
- Blocked Driveway: 26
- Derelict Vehicles: 19
- Abandoned Vehicle: 10
- 553 E 84TH ST
- 8402 FOSTER AVE
- 582 E 85TH ST
- P.S. 114 Ryder Elementary
- Explore Excel Charter School
- New Hope Academy Charter School
- Explore Excel Charter School
- I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee
- I.S. 285 Meyer Levin
- South Shore High School
- Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and
- Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Curtis Playground
- District 14 Garage
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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