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Heaviest record of any building in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook

80 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, fixes 2% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby.

520 FOURTH AVENUE · 8 apartments · built 1931 · records to 2026-09-18

In its favor

  • Fixes 2% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby
  • 8 apartments here are rent stabilized
  • F/G/R train about 5 minutes away

Against it

  • 80 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
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Open and hazardous

80 violations the city still lists as unresolved

78 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 2.9 years.

  • Paint / plaster19
  • Disrepair16
  • Mold14
  • Fire & life safety12
  • Water leak5
  • Other5
  • Plumbing3
  • Heat / hot water2
  • Structural2
  • Electrical1
  • Pests1

A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 98% of them.

The oldest shown was issued 2007-08-28 and remains open on HPD’s records.