642 Lafayette Avenue
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
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~66% of buildings in this ZIP (18 open)
- 2 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 8 units registered
About this building
The building’s floor space is 3.2 times the size of its lot: 7,120 sq ft of building on a 2,200 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
642 Lafayette Avenue
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- City records show 18 open HPD violations, 2 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 2011 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 8 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: Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) throughout the public….
- 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.
642 Lafayette Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11216. The closest subway is Bedford-Nostrand Avs (G) (4-minute walk), served by the G line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 2011 · Most recent: February 2019. 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.
- 2019-02-07
- 2018-05-01
- 2018-05-01
- 2018-04-10
- 2012-08-08
- Class C · 2 open · penalty 30 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 10 open · penalty 50 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 6 open · penalty 6 · (1/ea)
- 2026-01-24 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-11-04 · Apt 1B · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2025-11-04 · Apt 1B · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2013-03-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2011-12-13 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2009-01-01
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1931. 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. 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: 66
- PETIT LARCENY: 48
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 37
- GRAND LARCENY: 22
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 19
- Noise - Residential: 65
- Water System: 49
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 45
- Illegal Parking: 40
- PLUMBING: 34
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- The School for the Urban Environment
- Success Academy Charter School - Bed-Stuy 1
- P.S. 368
- Urban Dove Charter School
- New Dawn Charter High School
- P.S. 368
- Bedford-Nostrand Avs
- Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Hart To Hart
- Red Gate Garden
- Greene Av United Neighbors Association *
- First Quincy St Block Association
- P.s. 256 Benjamin Banneker
- Herbert Von King Park
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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