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625 Caton Avenue

A 6-story building with 48 apartments, built in 1936, in Brooklyn, NY 11218.

Addresses on the lot: 625 to 631 Caton Avenue.

HPD records as of November 6, 2026

16open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past yearnone about heat
3rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
June 2025latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

625 Caton Avenue has 16 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 625 CATON AVE OWNERS CORP. 3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 625 Caton Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 16 open violations as of November 6, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most5
B, hazardous30 days9
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

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, 12 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to November 6, 2026, none 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 625 Caton Avenue?

625 Caton Avenue is registered with HPD to 625 CATON AVE OWNERS CORP. The registration also names a head officer, the person 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.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in June 2025. HPD’s record has 3 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

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

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11218 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 625 Caton Avenue rent stabilized?

3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2021. That’s 3 of the building’s 48 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 6, 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 3-05321-0010.