Spring Creek, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Spring Creek, Brooklyn, has 113 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 68 A, 16 B, 22 C, 6 D and 1 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 2,135 of its 16,189 residential units (13%) 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 (538), unsanitary condition (273), and plumbing (196).

Spring Creek by the numbers

582 residential buildings (16,189 units) on record. 786 open HPD violations (93 class C, immediately hazardous). 1,253 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 175 executed evictions in 3 years, 169 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 46 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Spring Creek

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. 129 Gateway Drive: 8 open violations per 10 units (12 open, 15 units), grade C, owner: SPRING CREEK IV LOW INCOME LLC (City program owner (HDFC))
  2. 495 Vandalia Avenue: 7.5 open violations per 10 units (6 open, 8 units), grade D, owner: SPRING CREEK IV MIXED INCOME LLC
  3. 422 Vandalia Avenue: 6.3 open violations per 10 units (5 open, 8 units), grade C
  4. 502 Schroeders Avenue: 6.3 open violations per 10 units (5 open, 8 units), grade D, owner: SPRING CREEK IV LOW INCOME LLC
  5. 93 Gateway Drive: 5 open violations per 10 units (4 open, 8 units), grade C

Best five in Spring Creek

Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 1119 Ashford Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (8 units, built 2019), grade A, owner: SPRING CREEK IV LOW INCOME LLC
  2. 702 Vandalia Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.3 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (65 units, built 2018), grade A, owner: FOUNTAIN SEAVIEW B2 LP
  3. 491 Vandalia Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 1.3 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (8 units, built 2018), grade A, owner: SPRING CREEK IV MIXED INCOME LLC
  4. 1170 Pennsylvania Avenue: 0.2 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (122 units, built 1998), grade A, owner: COUNCIL TOWERS III HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
  5. 10 Schroeder's Walk: 0.2 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (200 units, built 2018), grade A, owner: FOUNTAIN SEAVIEW B1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (City program owner (HDFC))

Largest landlords in Spring Creek

By units in Spring Creek, 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. DAVID SORISE (head officer on HPD registrations): 9,637 units in 5 buildings
  2. ILSOO KIM (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,163 units in 6 buildings
  3. HERMINIO TORRES (head officer on HPD registrations): 575 units in 2 buildings
  4. SALLY GILLILAND (head officer on HPD registrations): 571 units in 7 buildings
  5. KIRK GOODRICH (head officer on HPD registrations): 552 units in 60 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.