685 Nostrand Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Sep 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: 1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 24 of 24 units
About this building
At 5 floors, the tallest of the 15 buildings we cover on this block. 24 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block. Standing since 1910 inside the Crown Heights North II Historic District. The building’s floor space is 3.5 times the size of its lot: 27,070 sq ft of building on a 7,781 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
685 Nostrand Avenue
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- City records show 4 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 2026 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 24 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 nuisance consisting of air-conditioner in fire-escape window.
- 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.
685 Nostrand Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11216. The closest subway is Nostrand Av (3) (6-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 5, A, C, and S lines.
Building Condition
Issued 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.
- 2026-09-21
- 2026-09-21
- 2026-09-21
- 2026-09-21
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-03-28 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-03-28 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-03-19 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-12-03
- 2024-12-11 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2024-09-18 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2024-06-26 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
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 1910. 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: 75
- PETIT LARCENY: 47
- GRAND LARCENY: 36
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 34
- FELONY ASSAULT: 33
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 119
- Noise - Residential: 117
- Noise - Commercial: 105
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 67
- Noise - Vehicle: 50
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- Satellite East Middle School
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School
- Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- Nostrand Av
- President St-Medgar Evers College
- Park Pl
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
- Crown Heights Youth Collective
- The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School Of Excellence
- Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights
- Crown Heights North Association Inc.
- Grant Gore
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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