Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
36
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in East Williamsburg
59 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
290 DEVOE STREET · 7 apartments · built 1920 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- L train about 4 minutes away
Against it
- 59 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
59 violations the city still lists as unresolved
58 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 13 months.
- Fire & life safety16
- Disrepair15
- Structural10
- Electrical6
- Other4
- Heat / hot water4
- Plumbing2
- Paint / plaster2
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 97% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2011-02-07 and remains open on HPD’s records.