1540 Van Siclen Avenue
A 17-story building with 2,229 apartments, built in 1975, in Brooklyn, NY 11239.
Addresses on the lot: 1445 Geneva Loop, 1455 Geneva Loop, 1465 Geneva Loop, 1467 to 1475 Geneva Loop, 1425 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1515 Pennsylvania Avenue.
HPD records as of November 5, 2026
1540 Van Siclen Avenue has 19 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 106 complaints to HPD in the past year, 46 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BSC OWNER LLC.
Does 1540 Van Siclen Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 19 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 5 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 6 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 8 |
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, 25 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 106 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 46 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.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 1540 Van Siclen Avenue?
1540 Van Siclen Avenue is registered with HPD to BSC OWNER LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
25 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in March 2025. HPD’s record has 14 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out 15 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 4% of residential buildings in 11239 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 1540 Van Siclen Avenue rent stabilized?
No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 5, 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 3-04452-0200.