159 Lafayette Avenue
A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1897, in Brooklyn, NY 11238.
Addresses on the lot: 155 to 159 Lafayette Avenue, 159 Lafayette Avenue.
HPD records as of October 24, 2026
159 Lafayette Avenue has 18 open HPD violations, 1 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 155-159 LAFAYETTE OWNERS CORP.
Does 159 Lafayette Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 18 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 1 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 12 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 5 |
It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026.
Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 159 Lafayette Avenue?
159 Lafayette Avenue is registered with HPD to 155-159 LAFAYETTE OWNERS CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
HPD’s record shows no housing court cases over conditions or harassment at this building.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 11238 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 159 Lafayette Avenue rent stabilized?
No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 147 Lafayette Avenue21 apartments, built 1860
- 299 Adelphi Street72 apartments, built 1927
- 249 Cumberland Street70 apartments, built 1928
- 301 Cumberland Street40 apartments, built 1920
- 260 Cumberland Street26 apartments, built 1912
- 381 Carlton Avenue27 apartments, built 2003
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 24, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 3-02103-0062.