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909 East 5th Street

A 4-story building with 26 apartments, built in 1927, in Brooklyn, NY 11230.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

116open HPD violations62 immediately hazardous
25complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
25rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
September 2025latest housing court case9 cases on record, all years

909 East 5th Street has 116 open HPD violations, 62 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 25 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 909 E 5ST LLC. 25 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 909 East 5th Street have open violations?

Yes: 116 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most62
B, hazardous30 days29
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days25

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, 79 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 25 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 2 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 909 East 5th Street?

909 East 5th Street is registered with HPD to 909 E 5ST LLC. 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 September 2025. HPD’s record has 9 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

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

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11230 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 909 East 5th Street rent stabilized?

25 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 26 in 2018. That’s 25 of the building’s 26 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 3-06503-0083.