879 Bergen Street
Top insights
- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 24 of 24 units
About this building
City records list 1931 as the year built — newer than 77% of the 152 buildings we cover in ZIP 11238. The building’s floor space is 2.9 times the size of its lot: 15,856 sq ft of building on a 5,500 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
879 Bergen Street
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- City records show 10 open HPD violations, 6 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 2014 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 24 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.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Adm code - correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead….
- 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.
879 Bergen Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. The closest subway is Park Pl (S) (4-minute walk), served by the S line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: December 2014 · Most recent: July 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.
- 2016-12-14 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- 2016-12-14 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- 2016-12-14 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- 2016-12-14 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- 2016-12-14 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-08 · Apt 12HEAT · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-08 · Apt 4 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-01-28 · Apt 9 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-07-27 "INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 55 LINEAR FT OF SIDEWALK SHED ALONG THE ENTIRELY OF THE BUILDING'S EXPOSURE #1 (FACING B…"
- 2026-07-23 "EMERGENCY WORK ORDER FOR S/W SHED AT EXP1, SEMI ATTACHED W/IN A MID BLOCK INTERIOR LOT APPROX 55FT WIDE & 89FT…"
- 2026-07-23 "CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN REQ'D-OBSVD @ EXP1 SEVERAL DETERIORATED STEEL LINTELS ABOVE WINDOWS, MISSING MORTAR SUR…"
5 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2016). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
27 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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 1931). 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: 40
- GRAND LARCENY: 29
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 24
- BURGLARY: 19
- Illegal Parking: 222
- Noise - Residential: 178
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 176
- Dirty Condition: 106
- Noise: 66
- 1000 DEAN ST
- 626 CLASSON AVE
- 1039 PACIFIC STREET
- P.S. 022
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud
- Explore Exceed Charter School
- Elijah Stroud Middle School
- P.S. 138 Brooklyn
- ACORN Community High School
- Gotham Professional Arts Academy
- Park Pl
- Franklin Av
- Nostrand Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 316 Elijah Stroud
- Belladonna Series, Inc.
- The Academy For Collaborative Exploration
- Lefferts Pl Block Association
- Green Earth Poets Cafe, Inc.
- Gotham Professional Arts Academy
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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