616 East 21st Street
Top insights
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1927) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 53 of 53 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 4.6 times the size of its lot: 49,200 sq ft of building on a 10,607 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 13, 2026.
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
616 East 21st Street
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- City records show 14 open HPD violations, 3 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 2015 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 53 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: Properly repair the broken or defective iron grating cover above lightwell, with detached….
- 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.
616 East 21st Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11226. The closest subway is Cortelyou Rd (Q) (7-minute walk), served by the Q line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 2015 · Most recent: November 2020. 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.
- 2020-10-28 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE IRON GRATING COVER ABOVE LIGHTWELL, WITH DETACHED AND MISSING…"
- 2020-10-28 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF METAL WIRES ATACHED TO 1ST , 2ND , 3RD AND 4TH RUNGS ,…"
- 2020-10-28 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING HANDRAIL AT STAIR, SOUTH WEST SECTION, BUILDING FRONT, AT FIRE PASSAGE W…"
- 2017-10-20 "§ 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE LOCATED AT APT C6, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NO…"
- 2017-10-20 "§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERATIVE LOCATED AT APT C6, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WES…"
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 11 open · penalty 55 · (5/ea)
- 2026-07-20 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-07-20 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · ELEVATOR
- 2025-12-12 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2023-11-03
- 2023-04-25 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2011-12-13 "VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2010 INSPECTION/TEST"
- 2002-02-19
3 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2012); 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 1927). 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
- HARRASSMENT 2: 94
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 41
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 39
- PETIT LARCENY: 35
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 27
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 585
- Illegal Parking: 272
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 151
- PAINT/PLASTER: 107
- Noise - Residential: 102
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- P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty
- School of Science & Technology
- P.S. K315
- Midwood High School
- Cortelyou Rd
- Newkirk Plaza
- Grade A
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- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Caribbeing
- New Generation Elementary School
- Cortelyou Early Childhood Center
- Sweet Serenity Success, Inc.
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 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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