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938 Bushwick Avenue

Brooklyn · 11221 | BBL 3032940014 | BIN 3075290
HPD data as of October 27, 2026
F
Compliance verdict — Serious open violations — 3 immediately hazardous, about one for every 3 apartments

City records show open immediately-hazardous housing-code violations at this building.

24 open HPD violations on record: 7 Class A (non-hazardous), 14 Class B (hazardous), and 3 Class C (immediately hazardous).

Most serious recent open violation (Class C): Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment.

Oldest open HPD violation (Class B): 6,294 days (about 17 years), on record since 2009.

Violation figures current as of Oct 27, 2026.

An 8-unit building, built in 1901.

Open Buildings Department records

City Buildings Department (DOB) records show 12 open DOB violations at this address, none in the immediately dangerous class. See the DOB Compliance section below.

14
Open HPD
Class B
3
Open HPD
Class C
693
311 calls
12 months to Aug 2026
n/a
Units registered as
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
8
Total residential
units (PLUTO)
45
Crime incidents (150m)
12 months through June 2026
$2,055
ZIP median
rent
1901
Year built
4 min
Closest subway
min walk
D
Noise grade
(311 complaints)
A
Walkable
errands grade
92 places
Amenities
nearby

Top insights

About this building

City records list 1901 as the year built — older than 92% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221, and the oldest of the 7 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 2.8 times the size of its lot: 5,174 sq ft of building on a 1,857 sq ft lot.

Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.

938 Bushwick Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Gates Av (J,Z) (4-minute walk), served by the J, M, and Z lines.

What's the closest subway to 938 Bushwick Avenue?
Gates Av (J,Z) — a 4-minute walk (350m) from 938 Bushwick Avenue. Served by the J, M, and Z lines.
Is 938 Bushwick Avenue subject to lead-paint regulations?
Yes — built in 1901, before NYC's 1960 lead-paint cutoff. Annual inspections are required for units with children under 6. Source: NYC Local Law 1.

Building Condition

HPD Violations
All-time HPD violations
Total45
Open24
Closed21

Oldest open violation: August 2009 · Most recent: October 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.

By severity class
Recent open violations
  • 2026-09-29 Class B · Apt 8 · 29 days open "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MON…"
  • 2026-09-29 Class B · Apt 8 · 29 days open "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 8,…"
  • 2026-09-29 Class B · Apt 8 · 29 days open "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEV…"
  • 2025-02-11 Class B · Apt 3F · 624 days open "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE 1st…"
  • 2025-02-11 Class B · Apt 3F · 624 days open "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ.FT AT CEILING IN TH…"
Pest Activity — part of HPD violations
No open pest violations on record.
Source: NYC Open Data, HPD open violations, as of October 27, 2026. HPD Online can show slightly fewer open violations: the city closes them there before they leave the daily export.
  • Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
  • Class B · 14 open · penalty 70 · (5/ea)
  • Class A · 7 open · penalty 7 · (1/ea)
HPD Complaints
Last 12 months
By category one complaint can span several — these need not sum to the total
Other2
Paint2
Hot Water2
Electric1
Heat0
Mold0
Pests0
Bedbugs0
Plumbing0
Structural0
Recent
  • 2026-06-10 · Apt 7 · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
  • 2026-06-10 · Apt 7 · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
  • 2026-06-10 · Apt 7 · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
Repeated apartments: 3F
Evictions
No evictions on record for this building (last 5 years).
DOB Compliance
All-time DOB activity
Violations
Total12
Open12
Closed0
Complaints
Total50
Open (active)0
Closed50
Recent open violations
  • 2019-12-26 AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
  • 2019-11-13 AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
  • 2019-11-13 AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
DOB data as of August 16, 2026 — DOB records on this page date from the last full report rebuild.
Bedbug History
HPD annual bedbug report (building-aggregate, no apt-level data)
Risk levelclean ✓
Filings on file6
Infested (last 3 yr)0
Yearly trend (last 5)
20250 infested · 0 eradicated
20240 infested · 0 eradicated
20230 infested · 0 eradicated
20220 infested · 0 eradicated
20210 infested · 0 eradicated
Lead Paint Exposure

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 1901. 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.

Source: HPD lead-paint violations (NYC Admin Code §27-2056).

The Building

Building (PLUTO)
NYC PLUTO tax-lot data
Year built1901 (125 yr old)
Building classC1 — Walk-up apartment
Floors4
Residential units8
Building area (sqft)5,174
Lot area (sqft)1,857
Owner of record (PLUTO)938 BUSHWICK DEVELOPMENT LLC
Designations
Council district37
Rent Stabilization
—
BBL not found in the Who Owns What database — typically a small portfolio outside that dataset's coverage, or a recently created tax lot. Rent-stabilization status cannot be confirmed here without a DHCR records request. (As of August 16, 2026.)
Energy benchmarking (LL84): not required — building is under 25,000 sq ft.

Neighborhood & Environment

Crime
NYPD complaints · 12 months through June 2026
150m
~1 block
300m
~2-3 blocks
Total45342
Violent335
Shooting victims (Jan–Dec 2024)00
Felonies12108
Misdemeanors25153
Violations771
Shooting counts are victim records — one incident with several victims counts more than once — and reflect Jan–Dec 2024 — most recent NYC shooting data available. All other counts cover 12 months through June 2026 — the most recent 12 months of available NYPD data.
Top crime types (300m radius):
  • HARRASSMENT 2: 68
  • PETIT LARCENY: 59
  • ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 40
  • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 32
  • GRAND LARCENY: 28
Borough context: Brooklyn (12 mo): 79,674 incidents total.
311 / Quality of Life
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total 311 calls693
Top complaint types
  • HEAT/HOT WATER: 72
  • Illegal Parking: 65
  • Water System: 61
  • Noise - Residential: 47
  • Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 36
By category
Other482
Noise96
Parking95
Rats13
Construction5
Trash2
Drug0
Drinking0
Homeless0
311 data as of August 16, 2026 — 311 records on this page date from the last full report rebuild.
Noise (311 dedicated)
D
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total noise complaints96
Dominant subtypeResidential
By subtype
Residential47
Street Sidewalk36
Commercial11
Vehicle2
Noise-grade thresholds (per 12 months): A <10 · B <20 · C <50 · D <100
Noise grade: D — High noise activity. Based on 311 noise complaints logged within 150m over 12 months — an area signal, not a characteristic of this building. Separate from the building's compliance grade.
Flood Risk
Flood hazard zone — NYC 2020s floodplain projection (FEMA-based)
Zone X — minimal flood hazard (outside the mapped floodplain)
Flood susceptibility2 / 5
Parking
800m walk radius · NYC business-license records
Garages nearby5
Estimated monthly$250–400/mo
Closest 3 garages
  • 1263 BROADWAY 173m · $250–400/mo licensee: KING OF BROADWAY FURNITURE INC
  • 1258 BROADWAY 174m · $250–400/mo licensee: PAWN RITE BROADWAY, LLC
  • 1262 BROADWAY 174m · $250–400/mo licensee: PRODUCT AND DATA CENTER LLC
Schools
Schools within 1 km / ~0.6 mile walk
Total nearby25
Elementary (K-5)7
Middle (6-8)5
High (9-12)4
Elementary — closest 3 by walk (7)
  • P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella Pre-K-5 · 3 min (235m) · District 32
  • P.S. 274 Kosciusko Pre-K-5 · 5 min (402m) · District 32
  • P.S. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy Pre-K-5 · 6 min (492m) · District 16
Middle — closest 3 by walk (5)
  • Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business 6-8 · 9 min (710m) · District 16
  • School of Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship 6-8 · 9 min (710m) · District 16
  • J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler 5-8 · 9 min (725m) · District 32
High — closest 3 by walk (4)
  • EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick 9-12 · 6 min (515m) · District 32
  • Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology 9-12 · 7 min (537m) · District 16
  • Achievement First Bushwick Charter School K-12 · 9 min (725m) · District 84
Data source: NYC DOE school locations.
Subway / Transit
800m walk radius
Stations nearby4
Unique lines3
Lines served: J · M · Z
Closest 3 stations
  • Gates Av J, Z · 350m · 4 min walk
  • Kosciuszko St J · 421m · 5 min walk
  • Central Av M · 662m · 8 min walk
Neighborhood Amenities
A
800m walk radius
Total places nearby92
Eating (44) restaurants + fast food
Restaurants24
Fast food20
Daily essentials
Grocery (incl. convenience)31
→ Supermarkets9
→ Convenience22
Pharmacies2
ATMs0
ⓘ OpenStreetMap has no ATMs mapped within 800 m of this address. These counts come from volunteer mapping, so a zero means nothing of that kind is on the map here — not that there is none.
Coffee Index A — Coffee abundance (16 places selling coffee, of which 15 tagged as a café).
Walkable Errands A — Excellent walkability — all errand types nearby.
Restaurants Nearby
DOH-graded restaurants within ~450 m of this building
Graded restaurants nearby24
A: 17 B: 5 C: 1 Pending: 1
Sample
  • Grade A China Garden · Chinese
  • Grade A Chang Yu · Chinese
  • Grade A Sunrise Sunset · Coffee/tea
  • Grade A Tex's Chicken & Burgers · Chicken
  • Grade A Lucky Chen · Chinese
  • Grade A Mcdonald's · Hamburgers
  • Grade A Dunkin' / Baskin Robbins · Donuts
  • Grade A New Carrizal · Latin American
Civic Facilities Nearby
Civic facilities within ~450 m of this building
Facilities nearby68
By category — top 8 of 13 (61 of 68 facilities)
Human Services12
Day Care And Pre-Kindergarten12
Child Services And Welfare11
Solid Waste8
Schools (K-12)6
Health Care5
Youth Services5
Historical Sites2
Sample (parks · schools · cultural)
  • Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center, Inc. Cultural Institutions
  • Success Academy Charter School - Bushwick Schools (K-12)
  • Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration Schools (K-12)
  • P.s. 274 Kosciusko Schools (K-12)
  • Junior Academy League City Agency Parking, Maintenance, And Storage
  • Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School Schools (K-12)

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.

Market & Availability

ZIP Median Rent
ZIP 11221 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median rent$2,055/mo
Reflects existing leases, not current asking prices.
Affordability
ZIP 11221 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median household income$85,122/yr
Median monthly income$7,094/mo
Max rent (30% rule)$2,128/mo
ZIP median rent$2,055/mo
ZIP median rent is 29% of median household income. The 30% threshold is the federal standard for housing cost burden.
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