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ViolationScout10 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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485 East 21st St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-05164-0037

En español: 10 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 15 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 24 años abierta, desde el 20 de diciembre de 2001.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 10 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 24 years, since December 20, 2001.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 17 Class C violations, all 17 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification. How certification works

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10 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed December 20, 2001.

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DOB violations
6 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued February 24, 2017.
Energy benchmarking
ENERGY STAR score 6 for 2024, against a median of 67 for Multifamily Housing that year.
Boiler inspection
Inspected January 28, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed December 8, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C10 open most often Lead Paint
Lead PaintNotice sent18136453
Lead PaintNotice sent18136452
Lead PaintNotice sent18136451
Lead PaintNotice sent18136450
Lead PaintNotice sent18136449
Lead PaintNotice sent18136447
Vermin / InfestationFalse certification17890681
Notice sent16977468
Fire SafetyNotice sent16977450
Not complied with16604372
Class B5 open
Certified on time19190957
Certified on time19190956
Notice sent18122993
Notice sent18122992
Notice sent16977458

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The most common category among the open records here is lead paint.

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Questions about this building

Does 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn had 15 open violations on September 27, 2026: 15 from HPD. 10 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 24 years, since December 20, 2001.

Is 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 10 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 17 Class C violations, all 17 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Does 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 6 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued February 24, 2017. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

What is the ENERGY STAR score for 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn?

ENERGY STAR score 6 for 2024, against a median of 67 for Multifamily Housing that year. Buildings over 25,000 square feet report their energy use to the city every year under Local Law 84. The ENERGY STAR score runs from 1 to 100 and compares a building with similar ones nationwide; 50 is the national median. The score is the one the city publishes, and this page never estimates a Local Law 97 emissions penalty. A lot that reported several properties in one year is not scored here.

When was the boiler at 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn last inspected?

On January 28, 2026. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On December 8, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1922 as the year 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up apartment building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 28 residential units at 485 East 21 Street, Brooklyn. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, Local Law 84 energy reports, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, Local Law 84 energy reports, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 485 East 21st St, Brooklyn: 10 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/485-east-21-street-brooklyn

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