544 Union Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Jun 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 62% of buildings in this ZIP
- Built in 2012 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 95 of 95 units
About this building
City records list 2012 as the year built — newer than 89% of the 1,033 buildings we cover in ZIP 11211. At 6 floors, the tallest of the 12 buildings we cover on this block. 95 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block, and more than 98% of the 1,031 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11211 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 3.2 times the size of its lot: 119,598 sq ft of building on a 37,741 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 31, 2026.
544 Union Avenue
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 95 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.
544 Union Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11211. The closest subway is Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St (G,L) (5-minute walk), served by the G and L lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-09-16 · Apt 6S · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2018-01-26 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 2018-01-26 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 2014-01-15 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2012, 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
- GRAND LARCENY: 43
- PETIT LARCENY: 38
- HARRASSMENT 2: 19
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 19
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 14
- Noise - Residential: 47
- Graffiti: 36
- Blocked Driveway: 30
- Illegal Parking: 22
- Encampment: 18
- 544 UNION AVENUE
- 568 UNION AVENUE
- 18 RICHARDSON ST
- Citizens of the World Charter School 1 Williamsbur
- P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth
- P.S. 132 The Conselyea School
- John Ericsson Middle School 126
- Conselyea Preparatory School
- J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells
- Brooklyn Preparatory High School
- Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Desi
- Williamsburg Preparatory School
- Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
- Bedford Av
- Graham Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Artshack Brooklyn, Inc.
- Friends Of City Reliquary Incorporated
- Williamsburg High School For Architecture And Design
- Ericsson Playground
- Badame Sessa Triangle
- Frost Street Plaza
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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