3811 Surf Avenue

A 3-story building with 41 apartments, built in 1952, in Brooklyn, NY 11224.

Addresses on the lot: 3801 to 3835 Surf Avenue.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

5open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous

45complaints to HPD, past year12 about heat or hot water

41rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

December 2023latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

3811 Surf Avenue has 5 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 45 complaints to HPD in the past year, 12 about heat or hot water. It is registered to SURF GATE HDFC. 41 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 3811 Surf Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 5 open violations as of October 25, 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	2
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	1

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, 10 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 45 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 12 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 3811 Surf Avenue?

3811 Surf Avenue is registered with HPD to SURF GATE HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

18 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 December 2023. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

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

For comparison, 3% of residential buildings in 11224 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 3811 Surf Avenue rent stabilized?

41 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 41 of the building’s 41 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 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 3-07029-0001.