85 Jay Street
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 81% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (0 vs ~7)
- Built in 2018 (city records)
About this building
City records list 2018 as the year built — newer than 86% of the 97 buildings we cover in ZIP 11201. The building’s floor space is 7.8 times the size of its lot: 1,053,108 sq ft of building on a 134,988 sq ft lot. 727 apartments — more than 97% of the 96 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11201 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 15, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Jun 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
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(311 complaints)
errands grade
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85 Jay Street
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- City records show no open HPD violations under HPD building ID 1002238 — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
85 Jay Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11201. The closest subway is York St (F) (1-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, A, C, and F lines.
Building Condition
- May 2, 2024 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- Dec 10, 2021 "OBSERVED A HAZARDOUS CONDITION THAT OCCURED ON DURING WINDOW WASHING OPERATIONS, WORKER FELL FROM 21ST FLOOR T…"
- Nov 25, 2020 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2018, 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: 34
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 14
- HARRASSMENT 2: 13
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 13
- BURGLARY: 11
- Illegal Parking: 93
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 73
- Noise - Residential: 46
- Street Condition: 42
- Noise: 37
- 181 FRONT STREET
- 85 JAY ST
- 85 JAY ST
- P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams
- P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford
- P.S. 008 Robert Fulton
- Brooklyn LAB Charter School
- Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schoo
- Dock Street School for STEAM Studies
- Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schoo
- Freedom Academy High School
- Urban Assembly School of Music and Art
- York St
- High St
- Clark St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Artists In Residence, Inc.
- Park
- Susan Smith Mckinney Steward Park
- Art In General, Inc.
- Golconda Playground
- Public Policy Lab
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Astound Broadband Fiber Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 1,500 Mbps up
- Spectrum Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 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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