685 Sterling Place
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
- 1 open hazardous (Class C) violation
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1906) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 8 units registered
About this building
20 apartments — the most of any of the 21 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 2.9 times the size of its lot: 17,276 sq ft of building on a 6,026 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.
685 Sterling Place
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- City records show 7 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 2008 — 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: Remove the illegal fastening consisting of an unacceptable electromagnetic locking device….
- 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 Sterling Place sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11216. The closest subway is Park Pl (S) (3-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, and S lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 2008 · Most recent: May 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.
- 2026-05-06
- 2022-10-11
- 2022-10-11
- 2022-10-11
- 2020-09-24
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2009-01-01
- 2001-02-27
7 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2008); 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 1906). 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: 53
- PETIT LARCENY: 49
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 33
- GRAND LARCENY: 26
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 18
- Noise - Residential: 99
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 66
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 56
- Illegal Parking: 55
- Noise - Commercial: 52
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- P.S. 138 Brooklyn
- Elijah Stroud Middle School
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School
- Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
- International High School at Prospect Heights
- Park Pl
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- Nostrand Av
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- Belladonna Series, Inc.
- The Academy For Collaborative Exploration
- Green Earth Poets Cafe, Inc.
- Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
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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