Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, has 1,042 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 363 A, 80 B, 179 C, 201 D and 219 F. The median building has 6.9 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 10,237 of its 21,088 residential units (49%) 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 (4,198), unsanitary condition (1,537), and plumbing (1,151).

Prospect Lefferts Gardens by the numbers

3,583 residential buildings (21,088 units) on record. 28,230 open HPD violations (6,571 class C, immediately hazardous). 9,346 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 296 executed evictions in 3 years, 279 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 291 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Prospect Lefferts 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. 568 Maple Street: 593.3 open violations per 10 units (356 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  2. 590 Maple Street: 395 open violations per 10 units (237 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: SNG CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC
  3. 56 Winthrop Street: 244.4 open violations per 10 units (220 open, 9 units), grade F
  4. 607 Flatbush Avenue: 228.8 open violations per 10 units (183 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: 611 FLATBUSH AVE REALTY CORP
  5. 647 Flatbush Avenue: 222.5 open violations per 10 units (178 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner

Best five in Prospect Lefferts 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. 235 Hawthorne Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 16 units), grade A, owner: 235 HAWTHORNE STREET LLC
  2. 630 East New York Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 12 units), grade A, owner: 632-634 REALTY LLC
  3. 576 Rogers Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 10 units), grade A, owner: 209 HAWTHORNE CORP
  4. 1193 Nostrand Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 9 units), grade A, owner: 1193 Nostrand Realty LLC
  5. 429 Lincoln Road: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 8 units), grade A, owner: ROYAL LINCOLN LLC

Largest landlords in Prospect Lefferts Gardens

By units in Prospect Lefferts 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. PAULA GREENSTEIN (head officer on HPD registrations): 502 units in 3 buildings
  2. MICHAEL V NIAMONITAKIS (head officer on HPD registrations): 496 units in 12 buildings
  3. Ernest McClain (head officer on HPD registrations): 335 units in 4 buildings
  4. KERRY KRAMER (head officer on HPD registrations): 266 units in 19 buildings
  5. DAVID KRAMER (head officer on HPD registrations): 265 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.