388 Avenue S

A 6-story building with 72 apartments, built in 1951, in Brooklyn, NY 11223.

Addresses on the lot: 380 to 402 Avenue S.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

21open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous

13complaints to HPD, past year9 about heat or hot water

6rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years2 older

388 Avenue S has 21 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 13 complaints to HPD in the past year, 9 about heat or hot water. It is registered to SENATE APARTMENTS INC. 6 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 388 Avenue S have open violations?

Yes: 21 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	5
B, hazardous	30 days	14
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	2

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, 9 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 13 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 9 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 388 Avenue S?

388 Avenue S is registered with HPD to SENATE APARTMENTS 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.

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 2 older cases, the latest from 2010.

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

For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 11223 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 388 Avenue S rent stabilized?

6 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 7 in 2018. That’s 6 of the building’s 72 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 3-07104-0144.