Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
48
out of 100
Heavier than 99% of buildings in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
78 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 4 apartments here are rent stabilized.
259 BERGEN STREET · 32 apartments · built 1900 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 4 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 2/3/4/5/B/D/N/Q/R train about 6 minutes away
Against it
- 78 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 7% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
78 violations the city still lists as unresolved
65 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 4.6 years.
- Fire & life safety30
- Disrepair14
- Pests11
- Other8
- Plumbing3
- Water leak3
- Paint / plaster3
- Lead paint3
- Structural2
- Heat / hot water1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 93% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1991-03-26 and remains open on HPD’s records.