89 Hicks Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~97% of buildings in this ZIP (124 open)
- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1929) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 33 of 48 units
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
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.
89 Hicks Street
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- City records show 124 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?
- Public records list 33 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show 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: Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling.
- 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.
89 Hicks Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11201. The closest subway is Clark St (2,3) (2-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, F, and R lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-10-08 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6H, 6th…"
- 2025-10-08 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE EAST WALL IN THE 1…"
- 2025-06-02 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FRO…"
- 2025-06-02 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 2…"
- 2025-05-19 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE 1s…"
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 86 open · penalty 430 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 32 open · penalty 32 · (1/ea)
- 2025-10-04 · Apt 6H · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-10-04 · Apt 6H · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2025-05-27 · Apt 1H · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- Oct 4, 2023 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- Feb 14, 2022 "CYCLE 9A UNSAFE REPORT FILED"
- May 26, 2020
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1929. 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. 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
- Food Establishment: 102
- Noise - Residential: 64
- Illegal Parking: 46
- Homeless Person Assistance: 45
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 35
- SUN NEWS INC.
- 79 GREEN APPLE CORP
- MP HEIGHTS PARKING LLC
- P.S. 008 Robert Fulton
- P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford
- P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams
- Dock Street School for STEAM Studies
- Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Y
- Community Roots Charter School
- Dock Street School for STEAM Studies
- Freedom Academy High School
- The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice
- Clark St
- High St
- York St
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Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 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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