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623 Metropolitan Avenue

A 5-story building with 22 apartments, built in 1920, in Brooklyn, NY 11211.

Addresses on the lot: 621 to 625 Metropolitan Avenue.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

24open HPD violations6 immediately hazardous
12complaints to HPD, past year7 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years8 older

623 Metropolitan Avenue has 24 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 12 complaints to HPD in the past year, 7 about heat or hot water. It is registered with HPD under a person’s name, not a company’s.

Does 623 Metropolitan Avenue have open violations?

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

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most6
B, hazardous30 days14
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days4

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 12 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 7 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 623 Metropolitan Avenue?

623 Metropolitan Avenue is registered with HPD under a person’s name rather than a company’s. The name is on the registration at HPD Online.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 8 older cases, the latest from 2021.

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

For comparison, 4% of residential buildings in 11211 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 623 Metropolitan 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.

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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 3-02757-0026.