Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, has 765 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 428 A, 75 B, 117 C, 95 D and 50 F. The median building has 0.2 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 8,405 of its 28,532 residential units (29%) 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 (1,080), plumbing (319), and unsanitary condition (307).

Downtown Brooklyn by the numbers

1,513 residential buildings (28,532 units) on record. 6,498 open HPD violations (854 class C, immediately hazardous). 2,115 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 99 executed evictions in 3 years, 79 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 117 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Downtown Brooklyn

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. 334 Atlantic Avenue: 156.4 open violations per 10 units (219 open, 14 units), grade F, owner: ANTBON REALTY CORP
  2. 105 Boerum Place: 58.8 open violations per 10 units (47 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: Big Bend Mountain LLC
  3. 79 Hudson Avenue: 56.7 open violations per 10 units (34 open, 6 units), grade D
  4. 483 Pacific Street: 53.8 open violations per 10 units (43 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: AMC FONCIERE BROOKLYN-1, LLC
  5. 105 Bergen Street: 53.3 open violations per 10 units (32 open, 6 units), grade D, owner: Individual owner

Best five in Downtown Brooklyn

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. 540 Fulton Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 327 units), grade A, owner: KRE 540 Fulton Owner LLC
  2. 47 Willoughby Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 293 units), grade A, owner: Willoughby Owner LLC
  3. 69 Adams Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 231 units), grade A, owner: 69 Adams LLC
  4. 375 State Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 20 units), grade A, owner: 747 NINTH REALTY, LLC
  5. 532 Pacific Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 12 units), grade A, owner: ALGAMOOS @ NASR M. ALI CORP

Largest landlords in Downtown Brooklyn

By units in Downtown Brooklyn, 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. JON VOGEL (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,457 units in 2 buildings
  2. KEVIN LALEZARIAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 897 units in 3 buildings
  3. LUCIAN COHEN (head officer on HPD registrations): 767 units in 3 buildings
  4. KAMRAN T ELGHANAYAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 714 units in 1 building
  5. Wesley Wilson (head officer on HPD registrations): 690 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.