981 Jefferson Avenue
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
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~95% of buildings in this ZIP (76 open)
- 25 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1920) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1920 as the year built — older than 73% of the 1,204 buildings we cover in ZIP 11221. The building’s floor space is 3.1 times the size of its lot: 8,736 sq ft of building on a 2,850 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
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.
981 Jefferson Avenue
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- City records show 76 open HPD violations, 25 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 2013 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide ready access to buildings heating system ...door locked at basement at boiler room.
- 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.
981 Jefferson Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11221. The closest subway is Halsey St (J) (3-minute walk), served by the J and Z lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 2013 · Most recent: August 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.
- 2026-08-10
- 2026-08-10
- 2026-08-10
- 2026-08-10
- 2026-02-17
- 2024-03-20
- 2022-08-19
- 2021-10-22
- 2020-11-02
- 2019-05-02
- Class C · 25 open · penalty 375 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 40 open · penalty 200 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 11 open · penalty 11 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-12 · Apt 4R · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-12 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-11-24 · Apt 1R · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2023-06-07
- 2011-06-01 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2007-01-19
- 2006-01-06
1 open lead-paint hazard violation on record (most recent 2014). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
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 1920). 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: 73
- HARRASSMENT 2: 56
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 48
- GRAND LARCENY: 38
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 29
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 158
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 69
- Illegal Parking: 52
- GENERAL: 48
- PAINT/PLASTER: 48
- 1078 PUTNAM AVE
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- P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair
- P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field
- P.S. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy
- Excellence Girls Charter School
- I.S. 271 John M. Coleman
- Excellence Boys Charter School
- Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology
- Halsey St
- Gates Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration
- 700 Decatur St Block Association
- Saratoga Library
- Brooklyn High School For Law And Technology
- P.s. 299 Thomas Warren Field
- P.s. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory 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 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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