709 Lafayette Avenue

A 4-story building with 28 apartments, built in 1910, in Brooklyn, NY 11221.

Addresses on the lot: 709 to 713 Lafayette Avenue.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

221open HPD violations53 immediately hazardous

23complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat

24rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

March 2023latest housing court case11 cases on record, all years

709 Lafayette Avenue has 221 open HPD violations, 53 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 23 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to Food First Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. 24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 709 Lafayette Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 221 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	53
B, hazardous	30 days	111
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	57

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, 3 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 23 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 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.

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

Who owns 709 Lafayette Avenue?

709 Lafayette Avenue is registered with HPD to Food First Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. 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.

3 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in March 2023. HPD’s record has 11 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, 5% of residential buildings in 11221 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 709 Lafayette Avenue rent stabilized?

24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 24 of the building’s 28 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 November 5, 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 3-01786-0064.