838 Jefferson 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
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1910 as the year built — older than 77% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221. The building’s floor space is 3 times the size of its lot: 9,038 sq ft of building on a 3,028 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.
838 Jefferson Avenue
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- City records show 8 open HPD violations, 3 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 2010 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- 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 hinges in the entrance.
- 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.
838 Jefferson Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Gates Av (J,Z) (5-minute walk), served by the J and Z lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 2010 · Most recent: March 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.
- 2024-09-18 "§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 3rd STORY"
- 2024-09-18
- 2024-09-18
- 2024-09-04 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR TO BOILER LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM"
- 2013-02-27 "SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WEST"
- 2024-09-18
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 5 open · penalty 25 · (5/ea)
- 2026-05-21 · Apt 2L · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-02-23 · Apt 4R · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2018-04-06 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2017-02-24 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2015-10-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT"
3 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2005); 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 1910). 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: 57
- HARRASSMENT 2: 44
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 37
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 20
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 18
- Illegal Parking: 103
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 47
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 45
- Noise - Residential: 32
- Rodent: 26
- 107 RALPH AVENUE
- 934 PUTNAM AVENUE
- 87 RALPH AVE
- P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair
- P.S. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy
- Excellence Boys Charter School
- Excellence Boys Charter School
- I.S. 271 John M. Coleman
- M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology
- Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology
- Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School
- Gates Av
- Halsey St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.o. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
- Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration
- Brooklyn High School For Law And Technology
- Junior Academy League
- P.s. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy
- Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School Nyc
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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