Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
48
out of 100
Heavier than 94% of buildings in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
164 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 24 apartments here are rent stabilized.
709 LAFAYETTE AVENUE · 28 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 24 apartments here are rent stabilized
- G train about 10 minutes away
Against it
- 164 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 2% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
164 violations the city still lists as unresolved
164 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 3.6 years.
- Fire & life safety35
- Paint / plaster24
- Water leak22
- Disrepair19
- Structural16
- Heat / hot water15
- Mold11
- Other8
- Pests6
- Plumbing5
- Refuse / sanitation2
- Lead paint1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 98% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2001-03-01 and remains open on HPD’s records.