309 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn · 11238 · BBL 3019330060 · look up another building
Three residential evictions on record here, more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 11238.
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, May 21, 2026
309 Lafayette Avenue is a multi-family elevator building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. City records date it to 1963 and count 326 apartments, inside 328 units in all. The city's property file lists the owner of record as RYERSON TOWERS INC. Its total assessed value is $12.4M, for the 2026 tax year.
No DHCR registration is on file for this address, which is a gap in the record rather than an answer about your apartment. The state will send you your own rent history free, and it is the only binding answer on what you should be paying.
The November 1 report on this block
On the first of every month we email one page about tax block 1933 in Brooklyn, the block 309 Lafayette Avenue is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:
- No building on the block has recorded a deed in the last twelve months.
- 6 marshal evictions executed here in the last twelve months.
- The block holds 8 parcels and 1,173 residential units.
Anything filed on 309 Lafayette Avenue itself comes the next morning.
Taxes and assessed value for 309 Lafayette Avenue
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $12.4M for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $38K per residential unit. Assessed value is what the city taxes, not what the building would sell for, and the two routinely differ by a wide margin. The bill itself turns on the tax class rate and on any exemptions or abatements attached to the lot, neither of which is published here.
3 marshal evictions at 309 Lafayette Avenue
City marshals executed 3 evictions at 309 Lafayette Avenue in the record PulseCities holds, the most recent on May 15, 2026. The first fell on Sep 8, 2025, so the filings span 8 months. That is more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 11238. Holding the marshal docket number or the court index number from one of these? Look up that case →
Marshal evictions at 309 Lafayette Avenue
| Type | Executed | |
|---|---|---|
| Residentialdocket 59154 | May 15, 2026 | |
| Residentialdocket 59152 | May 15, 2026 |
Marshal-executed residential evictions from the NYC evictions dataset, past 12 months. Source: NYC marshal eviction records, current through October 9, 2026.
Rent stabilization at 309 Lafayette Avenue
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 309 Lafayette Avenue in the years PulseCities holds. Absence is not proof: an owner who stops registering leaves the same gap as a building that never had stabilized units. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history from the state. That is the only binding answer, and it takes time to come back. While you wait, you can get an email when the record here moves: a deed, an eviction, a permit or a violation filed on this building. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Affordable housing at 309 Lafayette Avenue
HPD counts 327 homes here as affordable under the city's housing plans. 148 are priced for households earning up to 30% of the area median income, 176 for 31 to 50% and 2 for 51 to 80%. 1 more is set aside for the superintendent. All of them are homes to buy. The most recent agreement was a preservation deal that closed in June 2023. HPD's count starts in 2014, so an agreement from before then would not show up here.
Source: HPD's Affordable Housing Production by Building list, via NYC Open Data, last pulled on October 4, 2026.
Open code violations at 309 Lafayette Avenue
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 42 violations against this building, of which 30 remain unresolved. That is more than 9 in 10 buildings its size in 11238. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 9 open violations.
If you own or manage this building, violationscout.com shows what it takes to clear these, from the date each one has to be certified by to how a correction gets filed. It is a paid site, built by the same person as this one.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
Violation history at 309 Lafayette Avenue
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling and east wall in the 3rd room…Nov Sent Out | May 21, 2026 | A |
| Refit at closet door at east wall in the private hallwayNov Sent Out | May 21, 2026 | B |
| Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at east wall in the 2nd room from northNov Sent Out | May 21, 2026 | A |
| Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at south wall in the 3rd room f…Nov Sent Out | May 21, 2026 | B |
| Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartmentNotice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant | Sep 29, 2025 | C |
| Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding…Violation Closed | Jul 16, 2025 | A |
| Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at fire door (''b'' stair) at pub…Violation Closed | Jul 1, 2025 | C |
| Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch at compactor closet, 14th storyViolation Closed | Jul 1, 2025 | C |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 5 of them still open. Each row is the inspector's own wording with the statute citation removed. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
311 complaint history at 309 Lafayette Avenue
50 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through October 10, 2026.
How 309 Lafayette Avenue compares in 11238
PulseCities tracks 4,866 lots in 11238, of which 125 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 358 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. This building is in that second group, which is 2.6% of the ZIP. 11238 scores 35.3 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 59 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Prospect Heights →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 3 other addresses on tax block 1933 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 309 Lafayette Avenue
Who owns 309 Lafayette Avenue?
The city's property file lists RYERSON TOWERS INC as the owner of record for 309 Lafayette Avenue. No deed for this lot appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds, so that name comes from the tax roll rather than from a recorded transfer.
Has 309 Lafayette Avenue changed hands recently?
No deed for 309 Lafayette Avenue appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 309 Lafayette Avenue?
Yes. Three marshal-executed evictions at 309 Lafayette Avenue appear in the NYC evictions dataset, the most recent on May 15, 2026. The dataset covers executed evictions only, so it undercounts housing court activity: cases that settle or end in a move-out never reach a marshal.
Is 309 Lafayette Avenue rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 309 Lafayette Avenue appears in the years PulseCities holds. That is a gap in the registration record rather than an answer about any apartment, and the free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal is what settles it.
What is 309 Lafayette Avenue assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $12.4M for the 2026 tax year. That is the figure the city taxes rather than a sale price, and the bill depends on the tax class rate and on any exemptions on the lot.
What is the displacement risk around 309 Lafayette Avenue?
11238 (Prospect Heights) scores 35.3 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, 311 complaint volume, executed evictions, and serious HPD violations. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.