855 40th Street

855 40th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has 7 open HPD violations, 4 of them class C, and no rent-stabilized units are on its tax bill, as of Oct 26, 2026. StreetSpy grade: D (62/100).

Multi-family walk-up · 6 units · Built 1931

StreetSpy grade: D (Poor, 62/100)

• 4 immediately hazardous violations open (the class that covers no heat, pests, lead paint and similar).
• The owner has 2 buildings on record; 1 graded D or F.
• Had 4 rent-stabilized units on the 2007 tax bill and none on the latest one; ask how the apartment left stabilization.

More open violations per unit than 6 in 10 Brooklyn buildings this size.

• Repairs: High (7 open, 4 class C), records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Pests: Clear (Owner reported none, 3 yr), records as of Oct 28, 2026
• Safety: Medium (1 open DOB violation), records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Registration: Renewal not yet in city data, records as of Oct 3, 2026

How the grade works

Housing code violations (HPD)

7 open violations: 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 2 class A. 1 issued in the last 12 months. 36 on record. Oldest open violation issued 2009-10-01. Newest violation issued 2026-05-01.

HPD recorded no violation closed here in the last 12 months.

• Class C: Self-closing door not working (hallway). , 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LEADING TO CENTER COURT, HINGES DEFECTIVE. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY, issued 2024-06-11. HPD violation 17039187
• Class C: Self-closing door not working (basement). , 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LEADING TO CELLAR FROM BUILDING FRONT. HINGES DEFECTIVE. AT CELLAR, issued 2024-06-11. HPD violation 17039188
• Class C: No heat / heating defect (basement). , 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LEADING TO BOILER ROOM. LATCH DEFECTIVE. AT CELLAR, issued 2024-06-11. HPD violation 17039189
• Class C: Roaches, throughout the apartment, 1st floor. HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 1), issued 2023-07-31. HPD violation 16125296
• Class B: Damaged plaster or paint, bathroom, 2nd floor. REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3, 2nd STORY (apt 3), issued 2009-10-01. HPD violation 4053224
• Class A: Bedbugs. (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS., issued 2026-05-01. HPD violation 18862000
• Class A: Bedbugs. (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS., issued 2025-06-06. HPD violation 17972423

311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months, 7 in 5 years.

Bedbugs

The owner reported 0 infested units in the last 3 years of filings. HPD's bedbug filings are self-reported by the owner once a year; HPD does not inspect to confirm them.

• 2026: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2025: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2024: Owner reported 0 infested units
• 2023: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2022: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2021: No bedbug filing on record for this year

Buildings department (DOB)

1 open DOB violation, a Local Law violation issued before 2000. 4 DOB violations on record. Check on DOB BIS.

Evictions and housing court

0 executed evictions in the last 3 years (0 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

No rent-stabilized units on the tax bill.

Rent-stabilized units on city tax bills: 0 in 2024, 4 in 2007. Source: DOF tax bills for 2007 and 2024; years with no bill on file are left out.

Owner and management

Owner: ALICE CHAN. This owner has 2 buildings on record, 1 graded D or F. See the full portfolio.

Last HPD registration Oct 11, 2025. Registration on file through Sep 1, 2026; renewal not yet in the city's data.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 3009160049, HPD building ID 148831. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• 9 Av (D), 2 min walk
• Fort Hamilton Pkwy (D), 7 min walk
• 50 St (D), 14 min walk

How the grade is calculated

Sources: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations, NYC 311 Service Requests, NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting, NYC Marshal Evictions (DOI), NYC HPD Housing Litigations, NYC DOB Violations, NYC DOF tax bills (via JustFix Who Owns What portfolio API, v2), NYC HPD Property Registration. Methodology. Report generated 2026-10-28.