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6917 8th Avenue

A 4-story building with 50 apartments, built in 1926, in Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Addresses on the lot: 801 to 817 70th Street.

HPD records as of November 6, 2026

64open HPD violations30 immediately hazardous
7complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
49rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years2 older

6917 8th Avenue has 64 open HPD violations, 30 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 801-70TH STREET LLC. 49 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 6917 8th Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 64 open violations as of November 6, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most30
B, hazardous30 days21
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days13

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 1 has been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints 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 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 6917 8th Avenue?

6917 8th Avenue is registered with HPD to 801-70TH STREET 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 2 older cases, the latest from 2009.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 11228 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 6917 8th Avenue rent stabilized?

49 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2020. That’s 49 of the building’s 50 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 3-05877-0001.