540 Madison Street
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- Built before 1939 (1901) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
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past 12 mo (150m)
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(311 complaints)
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540 Madison Street
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540 Madison Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Kingston-Throop Avs (C) (10-minute walk), served by the C line.
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 1901. 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
- PETIT LARCENY: 66
- HARRASSMENT 2: 63
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 60
- FELONY ASSAULT: 24
- GRAND LARCENY: 23
- Noise - Commercial: 109
- Noise - Residential: 72
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 40
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 35
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 29
- SYLVESTER, EVERTON
- AL AWGAREY, ABDULLA S
- AL AWGAREY, ABDULLA S
- P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell
- EMBER Charter School for Mindful Education, Innova
- P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey
- P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell
- EMBER Charter School for Mindful Education, Innova
- M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology
- M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology
- M.S. 143 Performing & Fine Arts
- M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur
- Kingston-Throop Avs
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Halsey Garden
- Unity Preparatory Charter School Of Brooklyn
- Macon Library
- La Cima Charter School
- M.s. 267 Math, Science & Technology
- Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School Nyc
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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