788 Lafayette Avenue
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
- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (456 open)
- 95 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (135 vs ~4)
- Built in 2014 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 23 of 23 units
About this building
City records list 2014 as the year built — newer than 85% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221. 23 apartments — the most of any of the 8 buildings we cover on this block.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
788 Lafayette Avenue
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- City records show 456 open HPD violations, 95 immediately hazardous (Class C) under 790 Lafayette Avenue — the address HPD files this building’s records under, not the address on this page. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2021 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 23 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 sprinkler caps with joint compound and paint potentially….
- 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.
788 Lafayette Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs (G) (10-minute walk), served by the G line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 2021 · Most recent: October 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.
- 2026-10-11
- 2026-10-11
- 2026-10-11
- 2026-10-10
- 2026-10-10
- 2026-09-02
- 2026-08-29
- 2026-07-23
- 2026-05-18
- 2026-05-11
- Class C · 95 open · penalty 1425 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 298 open · penalty 1490 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 62 open · penalty 62 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-23 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-07-23 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-07-20 · Apt 1D · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-06-02
- 2026-06-02
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2019-11-08 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2014, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 83
- HARRASSMENT 2: 74
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 45
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 29
- FELONY ASSAULT: 24
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 152
- Elevator: 90
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 88
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 56
- DOOR/WINDOW: 48
- 370 THROOP AVENUE
- 895 DEKALB AVE
- 901 DEKALB AVENUE
- P.S. 025 Eubie Blake School
- P.S. 304 Casimir Pulaski
- P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey
- P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell
- EMBER Charter School for Mindful Education, Innova
- Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business
- Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School
- Urban Dove Charter School
- Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- 79 Precinct Off-Street Parking
- First Quincy St Block Association
- Kosciuszko Street Garden
- 79th Precinct Parking
- Uta 656
- Tropicalfete, Inc.
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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