West Brighton, Staten Island: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

West Brighton, Staten Island, has 282 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 159 A, 21 B, 38 C, 42 D and 22 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0.3 across Staten Island. 1,568 of its 13,834 residential units (11%) 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 (645), unsanitary condition (307), and plumbing (136).

West Brighton by the numbers

7,424 residential buildings (13,834 units) on record. 7,571 open HPD violations (972 class C, immediately hazardous). 1,330 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 151 executed evictions in 3 years, 19 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 32 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in West Brighton

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. 390 Castleton Avenue: 52.5 open violations per 10 units (42 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: 390 CASTLETON ASSOCIATES LLC
  2. 480 Castleton Avenue: 34 open violations per 10 units (34 open, 10 units), grade F, owner: 480 CASTLETON LLC
  3. 375 Sharon Avenue: 32.5 open violations per 10 units (26 open, 8 units), grade F
  4. 395 Victory Boulevard: 30 open violations per 10 units (51 open, 17 units), grade D, owner: Individual owner
  5. 362 Bement Avenue: 25 open violations per 10 units (15 open, 6 units), grade C, owner: Individual owner

Best five in West Brighton

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. 407 Woodstock Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (15 units, built 1931), grade A, owner: WOODSTOCK APTS,. LLC
  2. 58 University Place: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1950), grade A, owner: Individual owner
  3. 335 Sharon Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1931), grade A, owner: NM-RM PROPERTIES LLC
  4. 140 Norma Place: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1933), grade A, owner: NM-RM PROPERTIES LLC
  5. 121 City Boulevard: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (10 units, built 1931), grade A, owner: NM-RM PROPERTIES LLC

Largest landlords in West Brighton

By units in West Brighton, 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. DONALD CAPOCCIA (head officer on HPD registrations): 634 units in 1 building
  2. BRIAN MCCARTHY (head officer on HPD registrations): 421 units in 4 buildings
  3. SENADA AVDIC (head officer on HPD registrations): 416 units in 2 buildings
  4. MATTHEW SCHWARTZ (head officer on HPD registrations): 240 units in 1 building
  5. MICHAEL PALIN (head officer on HPD registrations): 222 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.