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285 Schenectady Avenue

A 4-story building with 38 apartments, built in 1922, in Brooklyn, NY 11213.

Addresses on the lot: 285 to 291 Schenectady Avenue.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

34open HPD violations17 immediately hazardous
11complaints to HPD, past year3 about heat or hot water
27rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2018
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

285 Schenectady Avenue has 34 open HPD violations, 17 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 11 complaints to HPD in the past year, 3 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 285 SCHENECTADY LLC. 27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018.

Does 285 Schenectady Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 34 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most17
B, hazardous30 days14
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days3

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 7 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 11 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 3 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

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.

Who owns 285 Schenectady Avenue?

285 Schenectady Avenue is registered with HPD to 285 SCHENECTADY 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 2019.

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

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11213 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 285 Schenectady Avenue rent stabilized?

27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018. That’s 27 of the building’s 38 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 3-01396-0001.