51 Newel Street
Brooklyn · Greenpoint, NY 11222
51 Newel Street is a 6-apartment building in Greenpoint, built in 1931. The City has 17 open housing-code violations on file for it, 5 of them immediately hazardous — about 2.8 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). Tenants filed 10 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 49 days (311, as of 27 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet — everything above comes from the City's own records.
Current owner not on file.
No tenant reviews yet
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.
- Units
- 6
- Year built
- 1931
- Neighborhood
- Greenpoint
- 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.
10tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 7 the year before
Typically closed in 49 days · neighborhood median is 5
17open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 2.8 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 5
- Hazardous
- 10
- Non-hazardous
- 2
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks7
- Stairs, floors and ceilings5
- Pests3
- Other repairs2
- Heat or hot water2
- Electrical2
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 51 Newel Street yet.
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? Does management answer the phone, and were you charged what you expected? No public record answers any of that — only someone who lived here can.
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