Does 551 East 52 Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 551 East 52 Street, Brooklyn had 13 open violations on October 10, 2026: 13 from HPD. None is Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 14 months, since July 15, 2025.

Has 551 East 52 Street, Brooklyn been in housing court?

Yes. 1 housing court case here, opened in 2025. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

When was 551 East 52 Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1920 as the year 551 East 52 Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an one-family dwelling with 2 floors.

How many apartments does 551 East 52 Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 1 residential unit at 551 East 52 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 HPD's housing court cases, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own records are the authority on what is open today.

551 East 52nd St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-04737-0049

Built: 1920
Floors: 2
Residential units: 1
Building type: One-family dwelling
Zoning district: R4
Lot area: 2,000 sq ft
Floor area: 1,560 sq ft
Last sale: $340,000May 22, 2025

En español: 13 violaciones abiertas, ninguna de Clase C. La más antigua del HPD lleva 14 meses abierta, desde el 15 de julio de 2025.

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13 open violations. The oldest open HPD violation was filed July 15, 2025.

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Filed	Category	Status	Number
Class B	13 open
July 15, 2025	Mold	Not complied with	18373768
July 15, 2025	Mold	Not complied with	18373767
July 15, 2025		Notice sent	18092405
July 15, 2025		Notice sent	18092403
July 15, 2025	Vermin / Infestation	Notice sent	18092401
July 15, 2025	Vermin / Infestation	Notice sent	18092400
July 15, 2025		Notice sent	18092399
July 15, 2025		Notice sent	18092397
July 15, 2025	Fire Safety	Notice sent	18092396
July 15, 2025		Notice sent	18092395
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