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

Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, has 960 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 435 A, 105 B, 165 C, 142 D and 113 F. The median building has 2.8 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 2,730 of its 12,713 residential units (21%) 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 (1,490), unsanitary condition (470), and plumbing (308).

Prospect Heights by the numbers

1,675 residential buildings (12,713 units) on record. 11,983 open HPD violations (2,214 class C, immediately hazardous). 2,913 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 40 executed evictions in 3 years, 104 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 196 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Prospect 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. 259 Flatbush Avenue: 198.3 open violations per 10 units (119 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 259 FLATBUSH AVE CORP
  2. 423 Lincoln Place: 163.3 open violations per 10 units (98 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 423 FLATBUSH, LLC
  3. 341 St Johns Place: 136.3 open violations per 10 units (109 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: 341 ST JOHNS LLC
  4. 495 Sterling Place: 124.5 open violations per 10 units (249 open, 20 units), grade F, owner: 495 STERLING PL HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
  5. 552 Dean Street: 122.5 open violations per 10 units (98 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: 552 DEAN REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC

Best five in Prospect 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. 344 St Marks Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 44 units), grade A, owner: 363 PROSPECT PLACE LLC
  2. 292 Lincoln Place: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 21 units), grade A, owner: LINCOLN PLACE PROPERTY HOLDING LLC
  3. 170 Prospect Place: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 16 units), grade A, owner: KEDAH REALTY LLC
  4. 807 Washington Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 11 units), grade A, owner: 807 Washington LLC
  5. 920 Pacific Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 8 units), grade A, owner: 920 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN LLC

Largest landlords in Prospect Heights

By units in Prospect 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. KAMRAN T ELGHANAYAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 798 units in 1 building
  2. RICHARD F MASON (head officer on HPD registrations): 312 units in 1 building
  3. Wesley Wilson (head officer on HPD registrations): 297 units in 1 building
  4. MICHAEL V NIAMONITAKIS (head officer on HPD registrations): 219 units in 10 buildings
  5. PETER WEINBERG (head officer on HPD registrations): 136 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.