938 Kent Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~93% of buildings in this ZIP (118 open)
- 18 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1920) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
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
938 Kent Avenue
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- City records show 118 open HPD violations, 18 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 1986 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Replace with new the missing missing water closet bowl bathroom 3rd sty rear apt 3r….
- 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.
938 Kent Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11205. The closest subway is Classon Av (G) (5-minute walk), served by the G line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 1986 · Most recent: November 2011. 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.
- 2011-10-28 "SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND K…"
- 2010-09-02 "SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCA…"
- 2006-10-15 "SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND K…"
- 1999-02-16 "SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING BATHTUB MISSING BATHROOM 3RD STY REAR APT 3R , SECTION '' ''"
- 1999-02-16 "SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING MISSING WATER CLOSET BOWL BATHROOM 3RD STY REAR APT 3R , SECTION '…"
- Class C · 18 open · penalty 270 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 74 open · penalty 370 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 26 open · penalty 26 · (1/ea)
- 2015-10-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2015-03-03 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2014-05-15 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT"
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 1920. 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
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 69
- PETIT LARCENY: 54
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 47
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 44
- SEX CRIMES: 39
- Illegal Parking: 251
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 132
- Noise - Residential: 95
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 71
- WATER LEAK: 70
- 180 FRANKLIN AVENUE
- 447 DEKALB AVENUE
- 609 MYRTLE AVE
- P.S. 270 Johann DeKalb
- Community Partnership Charter School
- P.S./I.S. 157 The Benjamin Franklin Health & Scien
- J.H.S. 117 Francis Scott Key
- M.S. 596 Peace Academy
- Beginning With Children Charter School
- Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM)
- Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community
- Urban Dove Charter School
- Classon Av
- Bedford-Nostrand Avs
- Clinton-Washington Avs
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Pratt Institute
- Pratt Institute
- Classon Playground
- Spencer St Block Association
- 13 Playwrights, Inc.
- Bnos Square Of Williamsburg 2
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
- Spectrum Cable 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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