698 Willoughby Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~85% of buildings in this ZIP (24 open)
- 10 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1905) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
698 Willoughby Avenue
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- City records show 24 open HPD violations, 10 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 1995 — 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: Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective vestibule door.
- 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.
698 Willoughby Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11206. The closest subway is Myrtle Av (M,J,Z) (7-minute walk), served by the G, J, M, and Z lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-02-05 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATE…"
- 2026-02-05 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATH…"
- 2025-10-02 "§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSI…"
- 2025-10-02 "§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING DOOR SWEEP AT FIRE DOOR LEADING TO SOUTH…"
- 2025-10-02 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF LOCKABLE SLIDE BOLT AT FIRE DOOR LEADING TO SOUTH YARD…"
- 2022-08-27
- 2022-08-27
- Class C · 10 open · penalty 150 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 8 open · penalty 40 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 6 open · penalty 6 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-04 · Apt 15 · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2025-10-21 · Apt 15 · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2025-10-21 · Apt 15 · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2009-01-01
- 1998-05-04
- 1997-09-16
3 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2014). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
3 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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 1905). 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: 131
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 83
- PETIT LARCENY: 72
- FELONY ASSAULT: 62
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 46
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 119
- Illegal Parking: 111
- Noise - Residential: 72
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 43
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 41
- TAJUKEN DELI CORP
- DIAZ RUIZ, ENRIQUE MARINO
- WATERS, FRANK
- P.S. 304 Casimir Pulaski
- P.S. 025 Eubie Blake School
- P.S. 059 William Floyd
- JHS 033 Mark Hopkins
- The School for the Urban Environment
- Success Academy Charter School - Bed-Stuy 1
- JHS 033 Mark Hopkins
- Foundations Academy
- The School for the Urban Environment
- Myrtle Av
- Flushing Av
- Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Pulaski Playground
- Uta 656
- Vernon Tandt Block Association
- P.s. 059 The Dawn Best School
- Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2
- Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School Ii
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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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