70 Lefferts Place
Brooklyn · 11238 · BBL 3020190016 · look up another building
One open class I violation here, the grade the city uses when it orders part of a building vacated.
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, May 11, 2026
70 Lefferts Place is a multi-family walk-up in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, ZIP 11238. City records date it to 1854 and count 3 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 70 LEFFERTS LLC. Its total assessed value is $135K, 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.
Know the month this building changes
Most buildings here are quiet. Two filings a year is normal, so most months there's nothing to report on 70 Lefferts Place and we'll say so. The point is the month we do
Taxes and assessed value for 70 Lefferts Place
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $135K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $45K 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.
No executed evictions at 70 Lefferts Place
No executed eviction is on record at 70 Lefferts Place in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at 70 Lefferts Place
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 70 Lefferts Place 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 →
Open code violations at 70 Lefferts Place
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 120 violations against this building, of which 99 remain unresolved. That is more than 10 in 10 buildings its size in 11238. The most serious open grade here is class I, immediately hazardous, with 1 open violation.
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 70 Lefferts Place
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Abate the nuisance consisting of excessive storage of material consisting of garbage causing a fire hazard at…Nov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | C |
| Provide heavy duty lock set at door leading to west court at public hall, 1st storyNov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | C |
| Properly repair or replace the broken or defective light fixture at the ceiling at public hall, 2nd storyNov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | B |
| Provide heavy duty lock set at vestibule door at public hall, 1st storyNov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | C |
| Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordan…Nov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | B |
| Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures ... in the entire apartmentNov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | C |
| Provide adequate supply of cold water for the fixtures ... in the entire apartmentNov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | C |
| Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at cooking range in the kitchenNov Sent Out | May 11, 2026 | C |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 8 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 70 Lefferts Place
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 70 Lefferts Place 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. 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 4 other addresses on tax block 2019 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 70 Lefferts Place
Who owns 70 Lefferts Place?
The city's property file lists 70 LEFFERTS LLC as the owner of record for 70 Lefferts Place. 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 70 Lefferts Place changed hands recently?
No deed for 70 Lefferts Place 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 70 Lefferts Place?
No executed eviction at 70 Lefferts Place appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.
Is 70 Lefferts Place rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 70 Lefferts Place 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 70 Lefferts Place assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $135K 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 70 Lefferts Place?
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.