Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in Brooklyn Heights
40 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
179 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS · 29 apartments · built 1879 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- 2/3 train about 5 minutes away
Against it
- 40 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 2% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
40 violations the city still lists as unresolved
40 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 18 years.
- Fire & life safety14
- Other9
- Disrepair8
- Paint / plaster7
- Structural1
- Heat / hot water1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 82% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2002-05-23 and remains open on HPD’s records.