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720 St Marks Avenue

A 6-story building with 60 apartments, built in 1900, in Brooklyn, NY 11216.

HPD records as of October 23, 2026

49open HPD violations10 immediately hazardous
90complaints to HPD, past year62 about heat or hot water
59rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years12 older

720 St Marks Avenue has 49 open HPD violations, 10 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 90 complaints to HPD in the past year, 62 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 1298 DAVID INC. 59 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 720 St Marks Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 49 open violations as of October 23, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most10
B, hazardous30 days27
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days12

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, 16 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 90 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 23, 2026, 62 of them 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 720 St Marks Avenue?

720 St Marks Avenue is registered with HPD to 1298 DAVID INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 12 older cases, the latest from 2019.

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

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11216 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 720 St Marks Avenue rent stabilized?

59 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 58 in 2018. That’s 59 of the building’s 60 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 October 23, 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 3-01227-0016.