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788 Lafayette Avenue

A 3-story building with 23 apartments, built in 2014, in Brooklyn, NY 11221.

Addresses on the lot: 788 to 796 Lafayette Avenue.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

452open HPD violations95 immediately hazardous
226complaints to HPD, past year101 about heat or hot water
23rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
April 2026latest housing court case9 cases on record, all years

788 Lafayette Avenue has 452 open HPD violations, 95 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 226 complaints to HPD in the past year, 101 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BSDC 790 Lafayette Ave LP. 23 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 788 Lafayette Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 452 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most95
B, hazardous30 days296
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days61

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, 35 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 226 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 101 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 788 Lafayette Avenue?

788 Lafayette Avenue is registered with HPD to BSDC 790 Lafayette Ave LP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in April 2026. HPD’s record has 9 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

A court found that the landlord harassed tenants in 1 case.

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 788 Lafayette Avenue rent stabilized?

23 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 23 of the building’s 23 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 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 3-01792-0020.