188 South 3rd Street

A 6-story building with 41 apartments, built in 1924, in Brooklyn, NY 11211.

HPD records as of October 30, 2026

13open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous

82complaints to HPD, past year63 about heat or hot water

19rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years18 older

188 South 3rd Street has 13 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 82 complaints to HPD in the past year, 63 about heat or hot water. It is registered to SOUTH LOFTS LLC. 19 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 188 South 3rd Street have open violations?

Yes: 13 open violations as of October 30, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	2
B, hazardous	30 days	11
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	0

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 12 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 82 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 30, 2026, 63 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 188 South 3rd Street?

188 South 3rd Street is registered with HPD to SOUTH LOFTS LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

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

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 18 older cases, the latest from 2019.

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

For comparison, 4% of residential buildings in 11211 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 188 South 3rd Street rent stabilized?

19 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 19 of the building’s 41 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 30, 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 3-02432-0012.