Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
60
out of 100
Heavier than 79% of buildings in East New York (North)
103 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby.
579 BLAKE AVENUE · 195 apartments · built 1975 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- Nothing notable in the record.
Against it
- 103 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 10% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
103 violations the city still lists as unresolved
91 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 15 months.
- Pests46
- Mold13
- Fire & life safety10
- Paint / plaster10
- Plumbing8
- Disrepair6
- Water leak3
- Other3
- Electrical1
- Lead paint1
- Heat / hot water1
- Refuse / sanitation1
A typical building of 50 or more apartments has 7. This one has more than 93% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2017-08-14 and remains open on HPD’s records.