597 Grand Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~79% of buildings in this ZIP (85 open)
- 21 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (19 vs ~13)
- Built before 1939 (1900) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 32 of 52 units
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
597 Grand Avenue
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- City records show 85 open HPD violations, 21 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2014 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 32 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.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked door at basement at boiler room.
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
597 Grand Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. The closest subway is Park Pl (S) (6-minute walk), served by the S line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 2014 · Most recent: February 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-02-14 "§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONS…"
- 2026-01-28 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM"
- 2025-12-10 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE PRI…"
- 2025-12-10 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STO…"
- 2025-12-10 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING PEEPHOLE AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APART…"
- 2025-07-31
- 2025-06-30
- 2025-06-30
- 2021-04-30
- 2021-04-30
- Class C · 21 open · penalty 315 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 52 open · penalty 260 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 12 open · penalty 12 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-22 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-04-20 · Apt 3C · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-04-20 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2023-09-15
- 2021-04-29 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2021-04-28 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2019-09-06 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST"
3 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2025); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
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 (this building: built 1900). 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.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2025) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 55
- HARRASSMENT 2: 49
- GRAND LARCENY: 26
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 19
- FELONY ASSAULT: 17
- Illegal Parking: 238
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 107
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 91
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 65
- Noise - Helicopter: 65
- 569 GRAND AVENUE
- 431 PROSPECT PL
- 568 GRAND AVE
- P.S. 022
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- Elijah Stroud Middle School
- M.S. 571
- ACORN Community High School
- Gotham Professional Arts Academy
- Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
- Park Pl
- Franklin Av
- Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School
- P.s. 316 Elijah Stroud
- Belladonna Series, Inc.
- The Academy For Collaborative Exploration
- Lefferts Pl Block Association
- Green Earth Poets Cafe, Inc.
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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