Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, has 3,198 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 1,736 A, 303 B, 600 C, 390 D and 169 F. The median building has 1.7 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 3,674 of its 36,349 residential units (10%) 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 (1,026), unsanitary condition (411), and plumbing (293).

Carroll Gardens by the numbers

5,857 residential buildings (36,349 units) on record. 24,881 open HPD violations (2,939 class C, immediately hazardous). 2,306 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 116 executed evictions in 3 years, 98 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 274 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Carroll Gardens

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. 89 Visitation Place: 340.8 open violations per 10 units (409 open, 12 units), grade F, owner: Red Hook Gardens, LP
  2. 420 Clinton Street: 328.3 open violations per 10 units (197 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: A S A MANAGING PARTNERS LLC
  3. 64 4th Place: 303.8 open violations per 10 units (243 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  4. 9 Dwight Street: 221 open violations per 10 units (221 open, 10 units), grade F, owner: RED HOOK GARDENS, LP
  5. 62 16th Street: 192.5 open violations per 10 units (154 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner

Best five in Carroll Gardens

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. 164 4th Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 188 units), grade A, owner: 164 4 LLC
  2. 318 Warren Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 48 units), grade A, owner: SMITH STREET REALTY, LLC
  3. 360 Smith Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 48 units), grade A, owner: 360 BOOM LLC
  4. 480 Van Brunt Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 22 units), grade A, owner: RED HOOK STORES, LLC
  5. 276 3rd Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 15 units), grade A, owner: 276 HOLDINGS LLC

Largest landlords in Carroll Gardens

By units in Carroll Gardens, 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. SIMON DUSHINSKY (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,641 units in 1 building
  2. MATTHEW SCHWARTZ (head officer on HPD registrations): 360 units in 1 building
  3. RICHARD F MASON (head officer on HPD registrations): 350 units in 1 building
  4. BRIAN EZRA (head officer on HPD registrations): 321 units in 2 buildings
  5. BROOKLYN HOUSING PRESERVATION LP (owner entity): 200 units in 1 building

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.