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1311 Brightwater Avenue

A 16-story building with 208 apartments, built in 1959, in Brooklyn, NY 11235.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

72open HPD violations9 immediately hazardous
4complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
5rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years5 older

1311 Brightwater Avenue has 72 open HPD violations, 9 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Tower Owners, Inc. 5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1311 Brightwater Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 72 open violations as of October 25, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most9
B, hazardous30 days50
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days13

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 3 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 2 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 1311 Brightwater Avenue?

1311 Brightwater Avenue is registered with HPD to Tower Owners, Inc. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 5 older cases, the latest from 2021.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11235 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1311 Brightwater Avenue rent stabilized?

5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 6 in 2018. That’s 5 of the building’s 208 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 25, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 3-08721-0375.