638 East 98th Street
Top insights
- 45 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (62 vs ~30)
- Built in 1966
- Rent-stabilized: 113 of 113 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
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(311 complaints)
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638 East 98th Street
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- City records show 138 open HPD violations, 45 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 2013 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 113 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: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- 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.
638 East 98th Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11236. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 2013 · Most recent: September 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.
- 2026-09-26 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATE…"
- 2026-09-26 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST IN THE BATHROO…"
- 2026-09-06 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF OVER GROWN VEGETATION YARD"
- 2026-09-06 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE EAST WALL IN THE P…"
- 2026-09-06 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STO…"
- 2026-09-06
- 2026-07-28
- 2026-06-17
- 2025-12-17
- 2023-02-01
- Class C · 45 open · penalty 675 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 59 open · penalty 295 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 34 open · penalty 34 · (1/ea)
- 2026-08-27 · Apt 2F · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-08-27 · Apt 10B · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-08-27 · Apt 10B · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2024-08-28
- 2024-08-28
- 2024-08-13
- 2024-06-07
- 2022-02-15
- 2024-05-03 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- 2023-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023"
- 2017-07-26 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
12 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2026); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
Also on record: 2 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2022) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 99
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 57
- PETIT LARCENY: 57
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 49
- FELONY ASSAULT: 42
- Traffic Signal Condition: 146
- Noise - Residential: 109
- Blocked Driveway: 55
- Illegal Parking: 42
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 29
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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 980 Mbps down · 880 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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