480 East 21st Street, Brooklyn

109 open HPD violations at this address, 17 of them class C — the immediately hazardous tier — on a elevator apartment building in Brooklyn.

480 East 21st Street is a 0-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3051630027). Brix tracks 109 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1935, this elevator apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 479 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Unsanitary Condition: 103 complaints
• Heat/hot Water: 86 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 84 complaints
• Water Leak: 55 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 2, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2017
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT B6, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORT
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT B6, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT F
• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED MARBLE SADDLE AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT B6, 2nd STORY, 2n

The building last changed hands on July 29, 1998, according to recorded deeds.

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