Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, has 940 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 577 A, 78 B, 162 C, 89 D and 34 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 3,257 of its 27,742 residential units (12%) 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 (1,860), unsanitary condition (356), and paint and plaster (186).

Sheepshead Bay by the numbers

8,664 residential buildings (27,742 units) on record. 10,787 open HPD violations (1,429 class C, immediately hazardous). 2,832 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 124 executed evictions in 3 years, 118 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 79 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Sheepshead Bay

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. 1714 Avenue V: 236.7 open violations per 10 units (142 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  2. 2766 East 16th Street: 88.3 open violations per 10 units (53 open, 6 units), grade F
  3. 2769 East 15th Street: 58.3 open violations per 10 units (35 open, 6 units), grade D, owner: Individual owner
  4. 1914 Avenue Y: 43.3 open violations per 10 units (26 open, 6 units), grade F
  5. 2821 Avenue Z: 41.7 open violations per 10 units (50 open, 12 units), grade D

Best five in Sheepshead Bay

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. 2951 Bragg Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 69 units), grade A, owner: SIDRAJ LLC
  2. 2633 Ocean Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 60 units), grade A, owner: 2633 OCEAN AVENUE LLC
  3. 2939 Ocean Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 60 units), grade A, owner: 1900 NEWKIRK AVENUE LLC
  4. 2654 East 18th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 18 units), grade A, owner: 2654 E 18 Street Homeowners Association Corp
  5. 1130 Lawn Court: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 10 units), grade A, owner: 3423 Guider Ave LLC

Largest landlords in Sheepshead Bay

By units in Sheepshead Bay, 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. MARGARET BRUNN (head officer on HPD registrations): 836 units in 9 buildings
  2. MARTIN SCHARF (head officer on HPD registrations): 202 units in 3 buildings
  3. ROBERT IZSAK (head officer on HPD registrations): 199 units in 2 buildings
  4. ISRAEL SPIRA (head officer on HPD registrations): 153 units in 1 building
  5. YAKOV GELB (head officer on HPD registrations): 143 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.