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270 Lenox Road

A 7-story building with 74 apartments, built in 1961, in Brooklyn, NY 11226.

Addresses on the lot: 264 to 276 Lenox Road.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

137open HPD violations37 immediately hazardous
44complaints to HPD, past year11 about heat or hot water
74rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

270 Lenox Road has 137 open HPD violations, 37 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 44 complaints to HPD in the past year, 11 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MAXEM REALTY LLC. 74 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 270 Lenox Road have open violations?

Yes: 137 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most37
B, hazardous30 days80
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days20

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 2 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 44 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 11 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 270 Lenox Road?

270 Lenox Road is registered with HPD to MAXEM REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 3 older cases, the latest from 2017.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 12% of residential buildings in 11226 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 270 Lenox Road rent stabilized?

74 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 74 of the building’s 74 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 5, 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 3-05085-0045.