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388 Avenue S

1,398Records
17City systems
21Open violations
36.1Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11223 · Neighborhood: Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
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1,398 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 463 311 service requests, 455 HPD complaints, 183 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11223
Built1951
Floors6
Res. units72
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)SENATE APTS INC
BBL3071040144
BIN3191491

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 58% 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 36.1. In ZIP 11223, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations21 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1996-08-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

148 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 77 · winter 2024–25: 51 · winter 2025–26: 20). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

77
’23–24
51
’24–25
20
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

102 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (72) · Illegal Parking (9) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Elevator (2) · Noise (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$35,000 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1951)
YesSix or more residential units (72)
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)SENATE APARTMENTS INC.
Head officerELAINE RAY
Managing agentNEWPORT MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-09-15

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$5,750,000 $2,587,500
2026$5,849,000 $2,632,050
2027$6,398,000 $2,879,100

The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $1,108,620 a year ($20.53 per sq ft), operating expenses $464,400 ($8.60 per sq ft), net operating income $644,220. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 40/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (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

SubwayKings Hwy — F · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Kings Hwy / McDonald Av — B82 B82-SBS · 950 ft · Select Bus Service
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss
Middle: I.S. 228 David A. Boody. 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

388 Avenue S

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

102 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 72 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 NEWPORT MANAGEMENT LLC — 39 buildings, 3,321 units. Grades across the portfolio: A17 · B17 · C3 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
190 72 Street BK455 B
367 Avenue S BK156 B
3080 Voorhies Avenue BK153 C
3845 Shore Parkway BK153 B
820 Ocean Parkway BK132 B
855 East 7 Street BK131 A
763 Ocean Parkway BK124 B
1900 Quentin Road BK124 C
280 Ocean Parkway BK114 A
1802 Ocean Parkway BK113 D
770 Ocean Parkway BK100 A
800 Ocean Parkway BK100 B
1610 Avenue P BK100 B
800 Cortelyou Road BK93 A
145 72 Street BK84 A
340 Ocean Parkway BK77 B
1833 Ocean Avenue BK74 B
2781A Ocean Avenue BK72 A
2246 Ocean Avenue BK72 B
388 Avenue S BK72 A
2922 Nostrand Avenue BK69 B
8023 19 Avenue BK60 A
1916 Avenue K BK60 A
1560 Ocean Parkway BK59 B
330 Ocean Parkway BK54 B
1289 East 19 Street BK52 A
706 Riverside Drive MN51 B
488 Ocean Parkway BK49 A
6901 Narrows Avenue BK48 A
2954 Brighton 12 Street BK48 A
2964 Brighton 12 Street BK48 A
1877 East 12 Street BK48 A
527 Avenue X BK44 A
1472 43 Street BK39 B
1100 Ocean Avenue BK30 C
651 Coney Island Avenue BK21 A
800 Ocean Avenue BK16 B
806 Ocean Avenue BK13 B
810 Ocean Avenue BK13 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $561,522 on 2019-12-10 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 2 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-07-30RPTT&RET $169,000 — from GUSIT, BORIS; GUSIT, LYUDMILA to MONTANA, TATIANA $169,000
2026-07-14Sold for $169,000 $169,000 $2,347
2026-07-09RPTT&RET $200,000 — from GORDON, MARGARET K; GORDON, MEADE to DZIBEL, ABDUVOHID $200,000
2026-07-06Sold for $200,000 $200,000 $2,778
2026-01-15RPTT&RET $238,000 — from GLUZ, LEONID; GLUZ, OLGA to STELMAKH, IRYNA; POHRIBNYY, RUSLAN $238,000
2026-01-13Sold for $238,000 $238,000 $3,306
2025-12-02RPTT&RET $268,000 — from POMERANTSEV, ALEX to SHEYNBERG, GALINA; SHEYNBERG, YAKOV $268,000
2025-11-26Sold for $268,000 $268,000 $3,722
2025-10-29RPTT&RET $265,000 — from SMOLLER, LOUISE A to LAW, JING YEE; LAW, NGAN PO; LAW, CHUNG WAH $265,000
2025-10-23Sold for $265,000 $265,000 $3,681
2024-09-05RPTT&RET $235,000 — from SKVORTSOVA, EVGENIYA; SKVORTSOV, MAXIM to LO, ALEX $235,000
2024-08-29Sold for $235,000 $235,000 $3,264
2024-03-27RPTT&RET $255,000 — from ZVAGELSKAYA, ANNA to SAJADIAN, ASGHAR $255,000
2024-03-26Sold for $255,000 $255,000 $3,542
2022-07-18RPTT&RET $205,000 — from ISRAEL, ANITA; ISRAEL, ELIE to HUI, KEVIN $205,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201702316039
201800762381
201909168172196
202000394144
202105596171
202201366144
20230211301116
202403864194
202531654275
202600246131
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The full timeline

Construction 32Enforcement 65Housing & tenants 1,115Ownership & money 172Health & systems 14

Every one of the 1,398 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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