Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
31
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in Sunset Park (Central)
172 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 8 apartments here are rent stabilized.
527 40TH STREET · 8 apartments · built 1935 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- 8 apartments here are rent stabilized
- D/N/R train about 7 minutes away
Against it
- 172 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 1% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
172 violations the city still lists as unresolved
167 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 2.2 years.
- Disrepair25
- Fire & life safety24
- Pests22
- Paint / plaster19
- Other18
- Heat / hot water18
- Water leak13
- Plumbing8
- Lead paint8
- Mold7
- Refuse / sanitation7
- Structural2
- Electrical1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 100% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1983-08-29 and remains open on HPD’s records.