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579 61st Street

A 4-story building with 44 apartments, built in 1927, in Brooklyn, NY 11220.

Addresses on the lot: 573 to 583 61st Street.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

95open HPD violations36 immediately hazardous
85complaints to HPD, past year59 about heat or hot water
40rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
October 2025latest housing court case5 cases on record, all years

579 61st Street has 95 open HPD violations, 36 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 85 complaints to HPD in the past year, 59 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 57961 Partners LLC. 40 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 579 61st Street have open violations?

Yes: 95 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most36
B, hazardous30 days49
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days10

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, 4 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 85 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 59 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 579 61st Street?

579 61st Street is registered with HPD to 57961 Partners LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in October 2025. HPD’s record has 5 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It is on the city’s Speculation Watch List: rent-regulated buildings sold at prices that suggest the buyer plans to push rents up.

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

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11220 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 579 61st Street rent stabilized?

40 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 39 in 2018. That’s 40 of the building’s 44 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 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 3-05783-0044.