838 Montgomery Street
Top insights
- 4 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1925) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 38 of 38 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2.9 times the size of its lot: 34,021 sq ft of building on an 11,558 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 13, 2026.
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
838 Montgomery Street
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- City records show 11 open HPD violations, 4 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 1991 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 38 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: Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective marble treads 3rd and 4th….
- 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 Montgomery Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11213. The closest subway is Crown Hts-Utica Av (3,4) (7-minute walk), served by the 3 and 4 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: June 1991 · Most recent: September 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.
- 2026-09-26 "§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONS…"
- 2026-09-13 "§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONS…"
- 2025-11-05 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MARBLE TREADS 3RD AND 4TH FROM BOTTOM A…"
- 2024-10-31 "§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DU…"
- 2024-08-15 "§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS."
- Class C · 4 open · penalty 60 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 5 open · penalty 25 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-21 · Apt FIRSTF · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2025-11-29 · Apt 2C · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2025-11-29 · Apt 2C · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2021-04-29 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2018-12-12 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2018-09-13
22 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2023); 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 1925). 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.
Also on record: 8 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2024) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 62
- PETIT LARCENY: 56
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 52
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 32
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 22
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 159
- Noise - Residential: 146
- Illegal Parking: 112
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 64
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 56
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Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 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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