784 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 266 311 service requests, 252 HPD complaints, 122 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 121.3. In ZIP 10454, 54% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 16 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2021-09-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
72 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 12 · winter 2025–26: 38). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
100 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (35) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (16) · DOOR/WINDOW (12) · FLOORING/STAIRS (8) · PAINT/PLASTER (7) · PLUMBING (3).
$76,680 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1909) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (28) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | BROOKHAVEN APARTMENTS OWNER LLC |
| Head officer | RICK GROPPER |
| Managing agent | DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,594,000 | $1,167,300 |
| 2026 | $2,650,000 | $1,192,500 |
| 2027 | $2,741,000 | $1,233,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Brook Av — 6 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 138 St / Brook Av — Bx33 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Brook Ave & E 138 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
205 Brook Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
100 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 35 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES LLC — 79 buildings, 4,889 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B32 · C22 · D16 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 79 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $23,100,000 on 2020-11-18 (lender: Merchants Capital Corp.), covering 6 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-18 | Mortgage $23,100,000 — from BROOKHAVEN APARTMENTS OWNER LLC; BROOK & BROWN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C to MERCHANTS CAPITAL CORP. | $23,100,000 | |
| 2020-11-18 | Deed $29,500,000 — from BROOKHAVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMP; BROOK & BROWN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to BROOKHAVEN APARTMENTS OWNER LLC; BROOK & BROWN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C | $29,500,000 | |
| 2020-10-30 | Sold for $29,500,000 | $29,500,000 | $1,053,571 |
| 2015-08-04 | Mortgage $14,225,000 — from BROOK & BROWN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; BROOKHAVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMP to RICHMAC FUNDING LLC | $14,225,000 | |
| 2005-08-01 | Deed $7,500,000 — from SAN JAMES REALTY CORP.; BROOKHAVEN I ASSOCIATES to BROOKHAVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMP | $7,500,000 | |
| 2005-08-01 | Mortgage $1,846,808 — from BROOK & BROWN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; BROOKHAVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMP to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,846,808 | |
| 2005-08-01 | Agreement $9,100,000 — from CITIBANK, N.A.; BROWN & BROWN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE | $9,100,000 | |
| 1983-10-18 | Mortgage $5,673,500 — from BROOKHAVEN I ASSOCIATES to NEW YORK CITY HSINGDEV | $5,673,500 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 89 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 91 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
Every one of the 784 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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