Crown Heights, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has 3,700 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 1,023 A, 385 B, 670 C, 756 D and 866 F. The median building has 7.5 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 22,956 of its 59,573 residential units (39%) 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 (10,308), unsanitary condition (4,367), and plumbing (2,749).

Crown Heights by the numbers

8,386 residential buildings (59,573 units) on record. 92,084 open HPD violations (21,753 class C, immediately hazardous). 23,967 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 812 executed evictions in 3 years, 600 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 1,034 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Crown Heights

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. 1321 St Johns Place: 723.3 open violations per 10 units (434 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 1321 SAINT JOHNS PLACE LLC
  2. 1015 Pacific Street: 460 open violations per 10 units (276 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: BH Pacific LLC
  3. 1298 Sterling Place: 360 open violations per 10 units (216 open, 6 units), grade F
  4. 1641 Park Place: 358.3 open violations per 10 units (215 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  5. 169 New York Avenue: 343.8 open violations per 10 units (275 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner

Best five in Crown Heights

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. Crown Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 100 units), grade A, owner: 600 CROWN HOLDINGS LLC
  2. 495 Lincoln Place: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 31 units), grade A, owner: CLASSON HEIGHTS LLC
  3. 866 Eastern Parkway: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 23 units), grade A, owner: 866 EASTERN PARKWAY CORP
  4. 175 Rochester Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 19 units), grade A, owner: Rochester Ave Apartments LLC
  5. 851 Franklin Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 16 units), grade A, owner: FRANKLIN 851, LLC

Largest landlords in Crown Heights

By units in Crown Heights, 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): 829 units in 1 building
  2. Ernest McClain (head officer on HPD registrations): 610 units in 18 buildings
  3. KERRY KRAMER (head officer on HPD registrations): 604 units in 30 buildings
  4. DAVID FISCHER (head officer on HPD registrations): 552 units in 14 buildings
  5. MICHAEL V NIAMONITAKIS (head officer on HPD registrations): 466 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.