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420 Clinton Avenue

Brooklyn · Clinton Hill, NY 11238

Also listed by the City as 419 Vanderbilt Avenue

420 Clinton Avenue is a 49-apartment building in Clinton Hill, built in 1930, managed by Nieuw Amsterdam Property Management. The City has 51 open housing-code violations on file for it, 36 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.0 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). Tenants filed 19 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 18 days (311, as of 27 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

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The City’s record below shows what inspectors found. It can’t tell anyone whether the heat actually works, how long the super takes, or whether management picks up the phone. Only someone who lived here can.

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Units
49
Year built
1930
Neighborhood
Clinton Hill
Borough
Brooklyn

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

1.7/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

Complaints are down from 40 to 19 year on year.

19tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 40 the year before

Typically closed in 18 days · neighborhood median is 7

51open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 1.0 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
36
Hazardous
12
Non-hazardous
3

What the open repairs are about

  • Pests13
  • Doors, windows and locks2
  • Stairs, floors and ceilings2
  • Smoke and CO alarms1
  • Leaks, damp or mould1
  • Plumbing1

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026

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