Borough Park, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Borough Park, Brooklyn, has 3,041 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 1,592 A, 180 B, 731 C, 383 D and 155 F. The median building has 2.5 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 5,121 of its 25,618 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 (910), unsanitary condition (431), and plumbing (224).

Borough Park by the numbers

7,796 residential buildings (25,618 units) on record. 34,837 open HPD violations (3,702 class C, immediately hazardous). 1,991 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 60 executed evictions in 3 years, 58 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 198 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Borough Park

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. 1135 38th Street: 370 open violations per 10 units (222 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Meisner LLC
  2. 3623 15th Avenue: 301.7 open violations per 10 units (181 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 3623 REALTY NY LLC
  3. 1405 35th Street: 215 open violations per 10 units (129 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 1405-35 MANAGEMENT CORP
  4. 1601 48th Street: 202.9 open violations per 10 units (142 open, 7 units), grade F
  5. 1407 35th Street: 201.7 open violations per 10 units (121 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner

Best five in Borough Park

Fewest open HPD violations per 10 units, then highest score and most units. The same rule as the worst five, recently active buildings only. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 1683 53rd Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 20 units), grade A, owner: 1683 OWNERS LLC
  2. 1502 46th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 16 units), grade A, owner: Compassionate Realty LLC
  3. 5323 13th Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 10 units), grade A, owner: CORNER 54 TOWER LLC
  4. 5520 13th Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 10 units), grade A, owner: 5520 13TH AVE LLC
  5. 1119 42nd Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 8 units), grade A, owner: MARIA VOITCU TRUST

Largest landlords in Borough Park

By units in Borough Park, 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. DAVID NIERENBERG (head officer on HPD registrations): 276 units in 5 buildings
  2. SAMUEL KURZ (head officer on HPD registrations): 255 units in 6 buildings
  3. YAKOV GELB (head officer on HPD registrations): 194 units in 4 buildings
  4. JOSEPH MEISENS (head officer on HPD registrations): 175 units in 3 buildings
  5. MOSHE LANDAU (head officer on HPD registrations): 155 units in 4 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.