Cypress Hills, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, has 1,027 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 482 A, 67 B, 144 C, 200 D and 134 F. The median building has 3.3 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 1,908 of its 13,063 residential units (15%) 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 (765), unsanitary condition (463), and paint and plaster (228).

Cypress Hills by the numbers

4,806 residential buildings (13,063 units) on record. 21,525 open HPD violations (3,573 class C, immediately hazardous). 2,044 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 150 executed evictions in 3 years, 58 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 71 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Cypress Hills

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. 36 Euclid Avenue: 218.3 open violations per 10 units (131 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 36 Euclid Holding Corp.
  2. 19 Cox Place: 215 open violations per 10 units (129 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: JSA Real Estate Holdings Inc
  3. 2829 Fulton Street: 121.7 open violations per 10 units (73 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: CYPRESS COURT ASSOCIATES LP
  4. 114 Glen Street: 118.3 open violations per 10 units (71 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  5. 114 Crescent Street: 113.3 open violations per 10 units (68 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 114 CRESCENT LLC

Best five in Cypress Hills

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. 254 Euclid Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 436 units), grade A, owner: Atlantic Chestnut II Associates, LP (City program owner (HDFC))
  2. 137 Jamaica Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 54 units), grade A, owner: CYPRESS HILLS SENIOR HOUSING (City program owner (HDFC))
  3. 339 Etna Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 7 units), grade A, owner: 114 AUTUMN LLC
  4. 38 Sunnyside Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 6 units), grade A
  5. 73 Ridgewood Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 6 units), grade A

Largest landlords in Cypress Hills

By units in Cypress Hills, 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. ADAM WEINSTEIN (head officer on HPD registrations): 839 units in 2 buildings
  2. ISMENE SPELIOTIS (head officer on HPD registrations): 280 units in 4 buildings
  3. ARON SCHWARTZ (head officer on HPD registrations): 203 units in 7 buildings
  4. MICHELLE NEUGEBAUER (head officer on HPD registrations): 180 units in 16 buildings
  5. EFSTATHIOS VALIOTIS (head officer on HPD registrations): 160 units in 2 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.