411 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 125 HPD complaints, 115 311 service requests, 57 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 51% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 15.2. In ZIP 10454, 54% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 10 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2019-03-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: FLOORING/STAIRS (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · WATER LEAK (2) · Noise (2) · GENERAL (2) · New Tree Request (1).
$6,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (16) |
| 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 | $2,174,000 | $978,300 |
| 2026 | $2,243,000 | $1,009,350 |
| 2027 | $2,401,000 | $1,080,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% 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 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 138 St / Brook Av — Bx33 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Brook Ave & E 138 St · 400 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.
197 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 |
18 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 | $1,843,750 |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | Mortgage $7,253,192 — from BROOKHAVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMP; BROOK & BROWN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $7,253,192 | |
| 2005-08-01 | Deed $7,500,000 — from SAN JAMES REALTY CORP.; BROOKHAVEN I ASSOCIATES to BROOKHAVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMP | $7,500,000 | |
| 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 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Every one of the 411 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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