601 79th Street

A 6-story building with 115 apartments, built in 1940, in Brooklyn, NY 11209.

Addresses on the lot: 601 to 633 79th Street.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

51open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous

4complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water

3rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

601 79th Street has 51 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 601 79 OWNERS CORP. 3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 601 79th Street have open violations?

Yes: 51 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	4
B, hazardous	30 days	47
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	0

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

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

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 601 79th Street?

601 79th Street is registered with HPD to 601 79 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

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2012.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 11209 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 601 79th Street rent stabilized?

3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 4 in 2018. That’s 3 of the building’s 115 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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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 3-05972-0001.