686 5th Avenue
Class B
Class C
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~74% of buildings in this ZIP (15 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (0 vs ~10)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1930) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
686 5th Avenue
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- City records show 15 open HPD violations 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 1986 — 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: Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building….
686 5th Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11215. The closest subway is Prospect Av (R) (5-minute walk), served by the R line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: June 1986 · Most recent: October 2002. 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.
- 2002-10-02
- 1986-12-29
- 1986-12-29 "D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLE AT 2 STY PUBLIC HALL."
- 1986-12-29
- 1986-12-29
- Class B · 15 open · penalty 75 · (5/ea)
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 1930. 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: 16
- HARRASSMENT 2: 16
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 13
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 8
- GRAND LARCENY: 8
- 691 5 AVENUE
- 696 5 AVENUE
- 231 20TH ST
- Prospect Av
- 25 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Marie-Christine Giordano Dance Company
- Park Slope Ambulance Corps, Inc.
- The Green-Wood Historic Fund
- Hellenic Classical Charter School
- P.s. 295
- Park
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area:
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 50 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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