Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, has 7,624 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 2,749 A, 748 B, 1,334 C, 1,485 D and 1,308 F. The median building has 6.7 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 14,979 of its 76,649 residential units (20%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were heat and hot water (7,755), unsanitary condition (3,843), and plumbing (2,224).

Bed-Stuy by the numbers

15,119 residential buildings (76,649 units) on record. 134,634 open HPD violations (24,212 class C, immediately hazardous). 19,098 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 768 executed evictions in 3 years, 459 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 1,170 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Bed-Stuy

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 992 Jefferson Avenue: 520 open violations per 10 units (468 open, 9 units), grade F, owner: 992 JEFFERSON AVENUE LLC
  2. 205 Sumpter Street: 445 open violations per 10 units (267 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 205 SUMPTER LLC
  3. 248 Franklin Avenue: 433.3 open violations per 10 units (260 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: #1 STAR MANAGEMENT CORP
  4. 1449 Fulton Street: 383.1 open violations per 10 units (613 open, 16 units), grade F, owner: 1449 FULTON LLC
  5. 328 Chauncey Street: 348.3 open violations per 10 units (209 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 328 CHAUNCEY ST INC

Best five in Bed-Stuy

Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 4 Stuyvesant Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1931), grade B, owner: 4 STUYVESANT, LLC
  2. 833 Monroe Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (86 units, built 2015), grade A, owner: 833 MONROE ST LLC
  3. 834 Monroe Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (7 units, built 1910), grade A, owner: SOLIDGOLD REALTY LLC
  4. 85 Ralph Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (7 units, built 1920), grade A, owner: 85 RALPH AVENUE PPS, LLC
  5. 886 Madison Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (8 units, built 1900), grade B, owner: AA RE FUND V, LLC

Largest landlords in Bed-Stuy

By units in Bed-Stuy, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY (owner entity): 882 units in 1 building
  2. BROOKLYN HOUSING PRESERVATION LP (owner entity): 706 units in 51 buildings
  3. HERMINIO TORRES (head officer on HPD registrations): 678 units in 56 buildings
  4. SARAH MURDOCH (head officer on HPD registrations): 605 units in 18 buildings
  5. PIERRE DOWNING (head officer on HPD registrations): 594 units in 10 buildings

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.