656 Metropolitan Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~77% of buildings in this ZIP (14 open)
- 5 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1920) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
At 5 floors, the tallest of the 4 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 4.3 times the size of its lot: 21,750 sq ft of building on a 5,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 1, 2026.
656 Metropolitan Avenue
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- City records show 14 open HPD violations, 5 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 2018 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 30sq feet….
- 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.
656 Metropolitan Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11211. The closest subway is Graham Av (L) (3-minute walk), served by the G and L lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: April 2018 · Most recent: November 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.
- 2025-10-31
- 2024-02-09
- 2023-04-18
- 2023-04-18 "§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS."
- 2021-09-24
- 2019-07-25
- 2019-03-07
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 8 open · penalty 40 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2025-10-30 · Apt 3E · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-10-30 · Apt 3E · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2025-10-30 · Apt 3E · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2025-01-31
- 2025-10-31
- 2025-10-31
- 2025-09-11
17 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2024); 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 1920). 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.
Also on record: 8 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2023) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 44
- GRAND LARCENY: 39
- HARRASSMENT 2: 31
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 31
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 16
- Noise - Residential: 79
- Illegal Parking: 69
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 53
- Graffiti: 36
- Blocked Driveway: 28
- 296 LEONARD ST
- 685 METROPOLITAN AVENUE
- 325 GRAHAM AVENUE
- P.S. 132 The Conselyea School
- P.S. 018 Edward Bush
- Citizens of the World Charter School 1 Williamsbur
- Lyons Community School
- J.H.S. 049 William J. Gaynor
- John Ericsson Middle School 126
- Lyons Community School
- Brooklyn Latin School, The
- The Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology
- Graham Av
- Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St
- Grand St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Brooklyn Poets, Inc.
- Badame Sessa Triangle
- Frost Street Plaza
- Leonard Library
- Mt. Carmel Triangle
- P.s. 018 Edward Bush
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 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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