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40 Clinton Street

899Records
20City systems
30Open violations
1.8Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11201 · Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
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899 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 250 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 195 311 service requests, 80 DOF property sales.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1964
Floors11
Res. units153
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)CLINTON TOWERS APT. CORP.
BBL3002380065
BIN3001936

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 63% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1.8. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations30 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 1987-01-12.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

39 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (11) · Noise (7) · Street Condition (4) · Blocked Driveway (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Sewer (2).

Filed construction activity

$4,261,073 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (37 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1964)
YesSix or more residential units (153)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)CLINTON TOWERS APT. CORP.
Head officerSTEVE GOLD
Managing agentARGO REAL ESTATE, LLC
Last registered2025-09-13

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$23,447,000 $10,551,150
2026$23,617,000 $10,627,650
2027$27,461,000 $12,357,450

The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $4,369,650 a year ($37.59 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,485,611 ($12.78 per sq ft), net operating income $2,884,038. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 84/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2025 (1 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayBorough Hall — 2 3 4 5 R · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial
BusNearest boarding stop: Cadman Plaza West / Johnson St — B26 · 350 ft
Citi BikeClinton St & Tillary St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: The Emily Warren Roebling School. 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.

Report a problem to 311

40 Clinton Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

39 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by ARGO REAL ESTATE, LLC — 140 buildings, 9,601 units. Grades across the portfolio: A126 · B14. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1522 2 Avenue MN537 A
300 Cathedral Parkway MN342 A
67-07 Yellowstone Blvd QN276 B
301 Cathedral Parkway MN256 A
66-38 Yellowstone Blvd QN245 A
35-38 75 Street QN210 B
62-54 97 Place QN206 A
4705 Henry Hudson Pkwy W BX183 A
65-05 Yellowstone Blvd QN180 B
140-21 84 Drive QN169 A
2644 Broadway MN167 A
2209 Knapp Street BK162 A
40 Clinton Street BK153 A
69 5 Avenue MN153 A
196-01 Pompeii Avenue QN152 B
3060 Ocean Avenue BK149 B
65-65 Wetherole Street QN149 B
135 East 54 Street MN145 A
137-01 83 Avenue QN144 B
310 East 70 Street MN135 A
4901 Henry Hudson Pkwy W BX133 B
123-40 83 Avenue QN132 A
82-46 135 Street QN126 B
304 West 75 Street MN120 A
105-07 66 Avenue QN120 B
1280 5 Avenue MN112 A
87-09 Pompeii Avenue QN112 A
35-16 85 Street QN108 A
67-40 Booth Street QN101 A
697 West End Avenue MN99 A
135-09 82 Drive QN96 A
661 Amsterdam Avenue MN91 A
302 Beverley Road BK88 A
360 Central Park West MN88 A
163 Ocean Avenue BK85 A
562 West End Avenue MN84 A
82-41 Hoover Avenue QN84 A
84-02 35 Avenue QN84 A
135-30 82 Drive QN84 B
82-30 Hoover Avenue QN84 A
135-26 Hoover Avenue QN84 A
160 Columbia Heights BK82 A
92-30 56 Avenue QN81 A
203 West 90 Street MN81 A
2721 Broadway MN79 A
135-05 Hoover Avenue QN78 A
26 Gramercy Park South MN78 A
520 Amsterdam Avenue MN76 A
60 Pineapple Street BK74 A
82-08 135 Street QN72 A
82-05 134 Street QN72 A
532 West 218 Street MN69 A
140-18 Burden Crescent QN66 B
605 West 114 Street MN63 A
220 Berkeley Place BK61 A
24 Clinton Street BK60 A
119-45 Union Turnpike QN59 A
402 President Street BK55 A
834 Sterling Place BK54 A
22 Monroe Place BK53 A

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $435,532 on 2021-04-26 (lender: Investors Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-08-06RPTT&RET $732,500 — from KATZEN, KATHLEEN; KATZEN, JESSICA; KATZEN, GARY to LIU, CATHERINE; SHUMATE, BENJAMIN $732,500
2026-07-22Sold for $732,500 $732,500 $4,788
2026-07-21RPTT&RET $640,000 — from JAMES, WILLIAM B; KAKUK, NAOMI to HASSENSTEIN, SUSANNE $640,000
2026-07-16Sold for $640,000 $640,000 $4,183
2026-03-09RPTT&RET $450,000 — from CRONIN, STEPHEN J; CRONIN, BARBARA L to LIU, INGRID; LUGO, JR., JORGE L. $450,000
2026-03-03Sold for $450,000 $450,000 $2,941
2025-10-15RPTT&RET $502,000 — from LUO, MINGZHAO; TANG, YULIN; TANG, EILEEN to WANG, JIAN; CAI, YIXIA $502,000
2025-10-14RPTT&RET $525,000 — from DESANTIS, LOUIS; RICH, DEBRA to LEVITAN, SARA C; LEVITAN, SAMUEL P $525,000
2025-10-07Sold for $502,000 $502,000 $3,281
2025-09-23Sold for $525,000 $525,000 $3,431
2025-06-26RPTT&RET $585,000 — from KILGORE, FINN G; LANDRY, JENNIFER M; KILGORE, JOHN E III to HARKIN, EMILIE; PASUIT, MICHAEL $585,000
2025-06-12Sold for $585,000 $585,000 $3,824
2025-04-15RPTT&RET $600,000 — from DIANZON, WILFRIDO to LIU, ZHENSHENG; GAO, FENGQIN; LIU, YING $600,000
2025-04-08Sold for $600,000 $600,000 $3,922
2024-12-10RPTT&RET $530,000 — from KENT, RACHID to GAO, FENGQIN; LIU, ZHENSHENG; LIU, YING $530,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017103148742
2018738191653
2019331918851
202030910527
2021622425663
2022221230652
2023311318944
2024166149853
202563911938
2026141228752
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The full timeline

Construction 123Enforcement 91Housing & tenants 267Ownership & money 330Health & systems 88

Every one of the 899 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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