Lead paint violations at 280 East 21st Street, Brooklyn
HPD lists 33 open lead paint violations at this Flatbush building in Brooklyn. Each order is set out in plain English, newest first.
- open lead paint violations
- 33
- of them class C, immediately hazardous
- All
- apartments named in open orders
- 7
- newest lead order issued
- Jan 21, 2026
- lead orders on record since 2002
- 80
An order is open while HPD still hasn't accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. Once HPD accepts it, the order is closed. What to do next
Lead orders still open, newest first
All 33 open orders appear below.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Where | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6F | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 622)Owner says fixed, but certified late | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Jan 21, 2026 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling, north wall, south wall, east wall in the 1st room from north at west | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the kitchenette | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at west wall in the 4th room from north | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, south wall, east wall in the private hallway | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall, west wall in the foyer | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall, east wall in the foyer | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the kitchen | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st base cabinet from east at south wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall, north wall in the kitchen | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at east wall in the 4th room from east | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at west wall in the 4th room from east | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from north at east wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall in the 2nd room from east | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the 2nd room from east | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from west at north wall door frame in the private hallway | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from west at north wall in the private hallway | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the foyer | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 3I | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 622)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the kitchen | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall in the bathroom | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at west wall, east wall in the foyer | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 6B | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 622)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 5G | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, east wall in the bathroom | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 1st room from north | Sep 6, 2022 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 4th room from north | Sep 6, 2022 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the kitchen | Sep 6, 2022 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Sep 6, 2022 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling, north wall, south wall, west wall in the private hallway | Sep 6, 2022 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, south wall in the foyer | Sep 6, 2022 |
| 2K | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from east at south wall in the bathroom | May 18, 2022 |
| 2K | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall, west wall in the 3rd room from east | May 18, 2022 |
| 2K | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall in the foyer | May 18, 2022 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall in the 1st room from north at east | May 9, 2022 |
Unless a row says otherwise, each open order here still reads "notice sent to the owner". For HPD Online, the building ID numbers are BIN 3117147, BBL 3051010044. Open HPD Online
Your next steps
- Keep children away from peeling paint. Wash hands, toys, pacifiers, window sills and floors often, and keep children away from rooms where repair work makes dust. Don't sand, scrape or repaint old paint yourself, because that creates lead dust.
- Get your child tested. If you think your child was exposed, get a blood lead test from the doctor now. At age 1, and once more at age 2, New York also requires the test. How the test works
- Put your complaint in writing. Tell your landlord about the peeling paint, and whether a child under age 6 lives at 280 East 21st Street. Free letters in English and Spanish
- Report the problem to HPD. Call 311, or report it online, about peeling paint or repair work that makes dust. Filing is free, and your immigration status doesn't matter.
- Child tested high for lead? Follow the doctor's plan for retesting, then talk to a lead paint lawyer about the building's record: call (888) 503-5930.
These lead orders in plain English
Local Law 1 of 2004 is the city's lead paint law today. Orders here from before August 2004 came under the older city lead rules it replaced; the later ones were issued under it. Lead paint is presumed in buildings built before 1960, and owners get extra duties for apartments where a child under 6 lives.
- 30 open: peeling lead paint to fix. The paint here contains lead, or is presumed to, and it is peeling or sits on damaged surfaces. Repairing it is the owner's job, using lead-safe work methods.
- 3 open: vacant-apartment lead work not proven. While the apartment sat empty, the owner had to make its doors, windows and floors lead-safe, then prove that to HPD. The proof isn't there.
HPD uses class C for a condition that is immediately hazardous. A closed order is one where HPD accepted a repair, or proof from the owner. Of the lead orders here, 47 are closed.
Lead orders here, year by year
- 20021
- 20084
- 20107
- 202220
- 202316
- 202415
- 20256
- 202611
Closed lead orders (47)
This list shows the 40 most recent closures.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Issued | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 20, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5D | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | C | Oct 23, 2023 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 2K | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | C | May 19, 2022 | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 24, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 24, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 24, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 24, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 3I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 24, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 11, 2022 | Jun 6, 2024 |
| 3A | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | C | Jul 11, 2022 | Jun 3, 2024 |
| 4G | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | C | Mar 23, 2023 | Feb 8, 2024 |
| 5H | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 20, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 6, 2022 | Oct 29, 2023 |
| 4E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 6, 2022 | Oct 29, 2023 |
| 6B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 6B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 6B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 6B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 4G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 4G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 4G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 4G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 22, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 2K | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 18, 2022 | Sep 9, 2022 |
| 2K | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 18, 2022 | Sep 9, 2022 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 11, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 11, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 2I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 14, 2010 | Jul 5, 2017 |
| 2I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 14, 2010 | Jul 5, 2017 |
| 2I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 14, 2010 | Jul 5, 2017 |
| 2I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 14, 2010 | Jul 5, 2017 |
| 2I | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 14, 2010 | Jul 5, 2017 |
A closed order is one where HPD has accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. That doesn't mean the entire building is lead-safe.
Lead orders at other buildings in Flatbush
Records: HPD's housing violation data, published on NYC Open Data and refreshed monthly; it covers lead paint orders 610 to 626, and the newest lead order anywhere in it is dated October 21, 2026. This page only reads the public record. It is not a medical opinion or a legal finding about the owner.