550 Vanderbilt Avenue
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 93% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (2 vs ~13)
- Built in 2015 (city records)
About this building
City records list 2015 as the year built — newer than 95% of the 152 buildings we cover in ZIP 11238. The building’s floor space is 6.8 times the size of its lot: 268,405 sq ft of building on a 39,392 sq ft lot. 278 apartments — more than 99% of the 150 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11238 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to May 2026
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550 Vanderbilt 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.
550 Vanderbilt Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. The closest subway is Clinton-Washington Avs (C) (5-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, B, C, and Q lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-03-25 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-03-24 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- Jan 13, 2021
- Sep 6, 2019 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST"
- Sep 6, 2019 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2015, 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: 11
- PETIT LARCENY: 10
- GRAND LARCENY: 8
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 7
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 5
- Illegal Parking: 986
- Noise - Vehicle: 68
- For Hire Vehicle Complaint: 62
- Snow or Ice: 44
- Noise - Residential: 42
- 585 VANDERBILT AVENUE
- 585 VANDERBILT AVENUE
- 522 VANDERBILT AVENUE
- P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen
- Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
- P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan
- M.S. 571
- Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
- I.S. 340
- P.S. K753 - School for Career Development
- Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
- ACORN Community High School
- Clinton-Washington Avs
- 7 Av
- Bergen St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School
- New York Shakespeare Exchange
- Dean Playground
- Gallim Dance Company, Inc.
- South Oxford Park
- Fan4kids
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
- Astound Broadband Fiber Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 1,500 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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