{"id":18811,"date":"2025-06-25T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/?p=18811"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:01:36","slug":"nyc-mold-report-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/nyc-mold-report-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bronx Remains the Moldiest Borough in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"
New York City renters<\/a> face varying unsafe housing conditions, like insufficient heating<\/a>, rats<\/a>, and illegal dumping. Renters can complain to 311 anytime their building violates standard living conditions, and in New York, landlords must keep their residences free of moisture. However, many renters face recurring instances of mold<\/a>, leading them to report the issue to the city.<\/p>\n Mold raises health concerns, such as headaches and itchy eyes, but in more serious cases, it can cause fungal infections that require diagnosis and treatment. Mold also damages property, as repeated instances indicate excessive moisture that could develop into unsafe structural issues. To find out how much New Yorkers combat mold issues, RentHop looked into 311 complaints about mold from 2017 through June 8, 2025. The results show that more renters have filed complaints about mold in recent years. Continue reading to learn if you live in an area with a high volume of mold complaints.<\/p>\n The above chart breaks down the number of mold complaints by year by borough. The Bronx has received the most complaints yearly since 2019. Last year, the borough received 12,937 complaints, or 304.3 reports per 10,000 renter-occupied units, making it the moldiest borough in New York City.<\/p>\n Brooklyn is also a hot spot for mold complaints, where renters submitted 311 reports 11,075 last year. That\u2019s 149.1 complaints for every 10,000 renters. Flatbush received the most mold complaints out of any neighborhood last year, and has already had 205 complaints in 2025.<\/p>\n Since 2020, mold complaints have consistently increased across all of the boroughs, except Staten Island. After renters returned to the city post-pandemic, there were more opportunities for tenants to notice and complain about mold. Additionally, as the region witnesses more summer storms and wet conditions, mold has more opportunities to grow.<\/p>\n The interactive map below breaks down mold complaints to NYC 311 by neighborhood and highlights the top reported addresses. To fairly rank each neighborhood, we divided the average yearly complaints from 2017 to 2025 by the total number of renter-occupied units. The lighter the shade, the more complaints per 10,000 renter-occupied units. We also included median one-bedroom rents by neighborhood as a reference point for renters.<\/p>\nKey Findings<\/h2>\n
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Mold Complaints by NYC Borough<\/h2>\n
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Mold Complaints, Mapped Out By NYC Neighborhoods<\/h2>\n