Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
29
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in Prospect Heights
73 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
259 FLATBUSH AVENUE · 6 apartments · built 1930 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- 2/3 train about 1 minutes away
Against it
- 73 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
73 violations the city still lists as unresolved
73 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 8 months.
- Heat / hot water30
- Fire & life safety23
- Disrepair9
- Refuse / sanitation3
- Electrical2
- Plumbing2
- Pests2
- Other1
- Structural1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 98% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2007-09-05 and remains open on HPD’s records.