74 Van Buren Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~73% of buildings in this ZIP (17 open)
- 9 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1901) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
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
74 Van Buren Street
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- City records show 17 open HPD violations, 9 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 2022 — 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: Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes conducive….
- 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.
74 Van Buren Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs (G) (9-minute walk), served by the G line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2022 · Most recent: June 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.
- 2026-06-15 "867 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EV…"
- 2023-10-04 "§ 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2NDAND, 2nd ST…"
- 2023-10-04 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM NO ACCESS TO BOILER ROOM AT IST FLOOR AT 1st BOILER…"
- 2023-10-04 "§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES NO GAS OCCUPANTS DO NOT PAY RENT OR UTILITY BILLS.…"
- 2023-10-04 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM…"
- 2026-06-15
- Class C · 9 open · penalty 135 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 5 open · penalty 25 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-07 · Apt 1GARDE · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2016-11-30 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2016-06-16
- 2016-06-16
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 1901. 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
- SEX CRIMES: 90
- PETIT LARCENY: 78
- HARRASSMENT 2: 71
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 46
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 30
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 111
- Elevator: 97
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 76
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 70
- Noise - Residential: 55
- 632 GREENE AVENUE
- 460 LEXINGTON AVE
- 469A LEXINGTON AVE
- P.S. 025 Eubie Blake School
- P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey
- P.S. 304 Casimir Pulaski
- P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell
- EMBER Charter School for Mindful Education, Innova
- The School for the Urban Environment
- Urban Dove Charter School
- P.S. 368
- Foundations Academy
- Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Hart To Hart
- 79 Precinct Off-Street Parking
- Unity Preparatory Charter School Of Brooklyn
- First Quincy St Block Association
- Kosciuszko Street Garden
- 79th Precinct Parking
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
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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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