Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
87 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 20 apartments here are rent stabilized.
855 42ND STREET · 20 apartments · built 1914 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 20 apartments here are rent stabilized
- D train about 5 minutes away
Against it
- 87 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 4% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
87 violations the city still lists as unresolved
87 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 18 years.
- Disrepair19
- Paint / plaster15
- Fire & life safety11
- Lead paint11
- Plumbing9
- Other8
- Structural5
- Mold4
- Pests3
- Water leak1
- Heat / hot water1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 94% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1987-04-14 and remains open on HPD’s records.