Sunset Park, Brooklyn: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has 4,804 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 2,218 A, 434 B, 860 C, 838 D and 454 F. The median building has 3.3 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 3.3 across Brooklyn. 8,667 of its 42,036 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 (2,550), unsanitary condition (1,213), and plumbing (691).

Sunset Park by the numbers

10,855 residential buildings (42,036 units) on record. 56,267 open HPD violations (9,873 class C, immediately hazardous). 5,833 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 229 executed evictions in 3 years, 233 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 742 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Sunset Park

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. 463 52nd Street: 505 open violations per 10 units (303 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: DONG FAMILY LLc
  2. 566 39th Street: 433.3 open violations per 10 units (260 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 566 WY INC.
  3. 245 60th Street: 405 open violations per 10 units (243 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: CHENG FAMILY INC
  4. 456 40th Street: 275 open violations per 10 units (165 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  5. 4420 3rd Avenue: 263.3 open violations per 10 units (158 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: ALHA R.M.B.H.N. RISE CORP

Best five in Sunset Park

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. 5712 7th Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 53 units), grade A, owner: golden 5722 LLC
  2. 852 49th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 24 units), grade A, owner: 848 OCEAN REALTY LLC
  3. 4706 4th Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 16 units), grade A, owner: 4706 4 AVE REALTY LLC
  4. 779 47th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 14 units), grade A, owner: HANG HUI REALTY LLC
  5. 834 57th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 12 units), grade A, owner: CHUNG YU PROPERTY LLC

Largest landlords in Sunset Park

By units in Sunset Park, 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. JENNIFER LAU (head officer on HPD registrations): 404 units in 31 buildings
  2. JEANNE M DIULIO (head officer on HPD registrations): 317 units in 4 buildings
  3. MAX ASKAR (head officer on HPD registrations): 281 units in 7 buildings
  4. HYMAN SCHATTNER (head officer on HPD registrations): 273 units in 16 buildings
  5. ALESSANDRO PIROZZI (head officer on HPD registrations): 256 units in 13 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.