647 Franklin Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Nov 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
- 1 open hazardous (Class C) violation
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
647 Franklin Avenue
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- City records show 8 open HPD violations, 1 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 2002 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location….
- 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.
647 Franklin Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. The closest subway is Park Pl (S) (3-minute walk), served by the S line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2002 · Most recent: September 2025. 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.
- 2025-09-25
- 2010-08-16
- 2010-08-16
- 2010-08-16
- 2010-08-16
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 7 open · penalty 35 · (5/ea)
- 2026-10-18 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-03-03
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2005-01-31
- 2000-02-07
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
- PETIT LARCENY: 54
- HARRASSMENT 2: 52
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 39
- GRAND LARCENY: 29
- BURGLARY: 20
- Illegal Parking: 144
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 99
- Dirty Condition: 68
- Blocked Driveway: 56
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 49
- 553 SAINT MARKS AVE
- 1050 DEAN ST
- 1392 BEDFORD AVE
- P.S. 022
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- P.S. 138 Brooklyn
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- P.S. 138 Brooklyn
- Elijah Stroud Middle School
- ACORN Community High School
- W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School
- International High School at Prospect Heights
- Park Pl
- Franklin Av
- Nostrand Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 316 Elijah Stroud
- Belladonna Series, Inc.
- The Academy For Collaborative Exploration
- Green Earth Poets Cafe, Inc.
- Crown Heights Youth Collective
- The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School Of Excellence
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 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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