235 Brook Avenue

A 5-story building with 78 apartments, built in 1925, in the Bronx, NY 10454.

Addresses on the lot: 235 Brook Avenue, 245 Brook Avenue, 499 East 138th Street, 501 East 138th Street, 498 East 139th Street, 500 East 139th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

148open HPD violations46 immediately hazardous

57complaints to HPD, past year20 about heat or hot water

14rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

March 2025latest housing court case21 cases on record, all years

235 Brook Avenue has 148 open HPD violations, 46 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 57 complaints to HPD in the past year, 20 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC. 14 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 235 Brook Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 148 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	46
B, hazardous	30 days	82
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	20

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 34 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 57 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 20 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

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

Who owns 235 Brook Avenue?

235 Brook Avenue is registered with HPD to BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

3 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 21 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 16% of residential buildings in 10454 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 235 Brook Avenue rent stabilized?

14 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2021. That’s 14 of the building’s 78 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 28, 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 2-02283-0053.