539 Greene Avenue
12 months to Oct 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 in 2001 (city records)
About this building
City records list 2001 as the year built — newer than 91% of the 1,017 buildings we cover in ZIP 11216.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 7, 2026.
539 Greene Avenue
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539 Greene Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11216. The closest subway is Bedford-Nostrand Avs (G) (5-minute walk), served by the G line.
Building Condition
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2001, 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: 66
- PETIT LARCENY: 61
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 53
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 31
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 24
- Noise - Residential: 64
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 48
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 40
- Water System: 39
- Blocked Driveway: 29
- 753 MARCY AVE
- 275 NOSTRAND AVE
- 313 NOSTRAND AVE
- P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker
- P.S. 305 Dr. Peter Ray
- P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes
- P.S. K140
- Academy of Business and Community Development
- Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Uncommon Prep C
- Urban Dove Charter School
- New Dawn Charter High School
- Academy of Business and Community Development
- Bedford-Nostrand Avs
- Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Greene Av United Neighbors Association *
- First Quincy St Block Association
- P.s. 256 Benjamin Banneker
- Herbert Von King Park
- Clifton Pl Memorial Park And Garden
- Hattie Carthan Community Garden
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 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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