649 Putnam 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 ~86% of buildings in this ZIP (39 open)
- 8 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1965 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1965 as the year built — newer than 76% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221. The building’s floor space is 5 times the size of its lot: 31,615 sq ft of building on a 6,300 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
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.
649 Putnam Avenue
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- City records show 39 open HPD violations, 8 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 2022 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Rcny repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting….
- 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.
649 Putnam Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2022 · Most recent: October 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.
- 2026-06-10
- 2026-06-07
- 2026-06-07
- 2026-06-07
- 2026-06-07
- 2026-06-07
- 2026-06-07
- Class C · 8 open · penalty 120 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 21 open · penalty 105 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 7 open · penalty 7 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-18 · Apt 5A · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-06-18 · Apt 5A · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-06-18 · Apt 5A · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2024-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1965. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 74
- HARRASSMENT 2: 59
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 56
- FELONY ASSAULT: 26
- GRAND LARCENY: 23
- Illegal Parking: 56
- Noise - Residential: 31
- Missed Collection: 26
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 20
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 18
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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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