Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
86
out of 100
Heavier than 52% of buildings in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
4 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 20 apartments here are rent stabilized.
838 42ND STREET · 20 apartments · built 1916 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 20 apartments here are rent stabilized
- D train about 6 minutes away
Against it
- 4 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 5% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
4 violations the city still lists as unresolved
4 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 2.4 years.
- Refuse / sanitation1
- Other1
- Fire & life safety1
- Lead paint1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 40% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1997-03-25 and remains open on HPD’s records.